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Direct linkDunac, Patricia S.; Demir, Kadir – Educational Review, 2017
The racial and ethnic makeup of the United States is in constant flux and is expected to experience substantial increases in racial and ethnic diversity over the next four decades. The problem the American educational system faces is attempting to problematize race/racism in its educational system and creating a system to counteract educational…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Whites, Culturally Relevant Education
Piedrafita, Sonia – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2018
The Council of the European Union has set the goal of reducing low achievement in reading, mathematics and science among 15-year-olds to less than 15 % by 2020. How are European countries going to achieve this? One of the key elements in the learning process is the instruction time available to students. In fact, not only the quality of…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Geographic Location, Compulsory Education, Intellectual Disciplines
Piedrafita, Sonia – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2017
This report examines the recommended minimum instruction time in full-time compulsory general education in 2016/17 in 42 European education systems. It includes national diagrams illustrating the data by country and by subject. The comparative overview examines the policy changes that have taken place over the last year regarding the recommended…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Geographic Location, Compulsory Education, Intellectual Disciplines
Bairaktarova, Diana; Cox, Monica F.; Evangelou, Demetra – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2011
This synthesis paper explores current leadership training in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in Bulgaria. The analysis begins with discussion of global factors influencing the implementation of leadership training in STEM education in general and then presents information about the current status of leadership…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Leadership Training, Engineering, Foreign Countries
Download full textFensham, Peter J.; Cumming, J. Joy – Education Sciences, 2013
Assessment of learning plays a dominant role in formal education in the forms of determining features of curriculum that are emphasized, pedagogic methods that teachers use with their students, and parents' and employers' understanding of how well students have performed. A common perception is that fair assessment applies the same mode of…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Science Achievement, Science Tests
Frase, Mary; And Others – 1997
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest, most comprehensive, and rigorous international study of schools and student achievement ever conducted. During the 1995 school year, the study tested the mathematics and science knowledge of a half-million students from 41 nations at five different grade levels. This…
Descriptors: Achievement, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, International Studies
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1997
This kit is designed to assist citizens and educators in using the findings from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) to help improve related educational programs in the United States. The kit helps state and local policymakers, educators, and citizens compare their local community's education system for mathematics and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, International Studies
Duit, Reinders – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2007
Disappointing results of international monitoring studies such as TIMSS (Third International Mathematics and Science Study) and PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) have fuelled another general debate on the need for a sufficient level of scientific literacy and the necessity to improve the quality of science instruction in…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Science Education, Research Methodology, Achievement Tests
National Inst. on Educational Governance, Finance, Policymaking, and Management (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1998
To explore the policy implications of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), the National Institute on Educational Governance, Finance, Policymaking, and Management of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) in the U.S. Department of Education, and the Consortium for Policy Research in Education held a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Peer reviewedLokan, Jan – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1999
Discusses the fairness of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) internationally and considers the results for Australia in more detail, focusing on samples of 516 and 583 students. For Australian students, there is some evidence that the TIMSS performance assessment is less prone to equity problems than the main assessment.…
Descriptors: Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Foreign Countries
Harris, Susan – 1998
England was 1 of more than 40 countries that took part in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) survey of 13-year-olds. This paper presents background information on the TIMSS and the performance assessment element of the study. It also describes how the written test and the practical task components relate to the National…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
Nelson, Deborah I. – 2002
This policy brief takes a close look at the ways in which the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)-1995 and TIMSS-1999 data have helped to inform changes in policy and practice as schools, districts, and states respond to the call for improvement in mathematics and science achievement. This policy brief is based primarily on…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Gains, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
