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Examining Modelling Ability before Educational Reforms: Findings of Cross-Country Comparisons of Grade 8 Data from TIMSS 2011
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Lin, Jing-Wen; Yu, Ruan-Ching – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2022
Modelling ability is one of the essential elements of the latest educational reforms, and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is a curriculum-based assessment which allows educational systems worldwide to inspect the curricular influences. The aims of this study were to examine the role of modelling ability in the…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Educational Change, Cross Cultural Studies, Test Items
Most Mathematics Classrooms Contain Wide-Ranging Achievement Levels
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Pedersen, Blaine; Makel, Matthew C.; Rambo-Hernandez, Karen E.; Peters, Scott J.; Plucker, Jonathan – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2023
School-based learning experiences are often designed with the "typical" student in mind. However, this may not be an optimal approach, given the variability of prior learning that exists in most classrooms. We investigated the variance in achievement within U.S. fourth- and eighth-grade mathematics classrooms using Trends in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Benchmarking, Prior Learning
Teachers' Perspective on whether the Mathematics Reform Will Change Turkey's Ranking in TIMSS
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Sezer, Renan; Guner, Necdet; Ispir, Oylum Akkus – Education, 2012
Turkish elementary mathematics program was revised in 2005. In 2011, Turkey participated in TIMSS at the 4th-grade level for the first time. 4th graders were educated using the new curriculum and thus their success rate on TIMSS can be considered as an evaluation of the new program. This study investigated Turkish 4th grade teachers' expectation…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Data Analysis