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Download full textHowie, Sarah J.; Plomp, Tjeerd – 2003
This research is an analysis of the performance of the South African pupils on the Third International Mathematics and Science Study-Repeat (TIMSS- R) in which pupils wrote tests in mathematics and science, but in South Africa pupils also had to write an English test as a national option. The research reported here concentrates on the final…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Loveless, Mary – 1999
The results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) published in 1977 suggested that the achievement of New Zealand students in science could be considerably improved. A significant barrier to improving achievement, particularly in the physical sciences, was identified as a lack of teacher knowledge of the scientific…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Hands on Science
Guerrero, Lourdes; Rivera, Antonio – 2001
In this paper we report some results of the analysis of released items of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). This analysis is part of a research project in process related to Mexican high school curricula from an international perspective and, the mathematics students' performance in this school level. The results…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Evaluation, Foreign Countries
