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Misidentifying Factors Underlying Singapore's High Test Scores
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Usiskin, Zalman – Mathematics Teacher, 2012
Singapore students have scored exceedingly well on international tests in mathematics. In response, there has been a desire in the United States--both at the policy level and at the school level--to emulate Singapore. Because what can be identified most easily about Singapore's school mathematics can be gleaned from curriculum documents from the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Core Curriculum
Enhancing Studying Mathematics at Faculty of Information Technologies (FIT), MOSTAR
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Bijedic, Nina; Slanjankic, Emir; Praso, Murat – Online Submission, 2007
This paper presents the effects of curriculum changes for course on Mathematics at Faculty of Information Technologies, University "Dzemal Bijedic", Mostar, BIH. Changes were introduced during Fall Semester 2006/7. They are aiming to improve knowledge deliverance and examination process. Effect of changes was measured by comparing actual results…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Academic Achievement, Information Technology, Effect Size
Developing and Piloting a Framework for Studying the Alignment of Mathematics Examinations with the Curriculum: The Case of Lebanon
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Osta, Iman – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
This research aimed at developing a methodological framework to investigate the alignment of the Lebanese national math exam tests with the curriculum at the middle school level, during the transitory period of a major curricular reform. The focus is on exploring the characteristics of an "assessment culture" set by the national exams…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Testing, Content Validity, Item Analysis