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Curricular Change Agenda for Failure-Experienced Mathematics Students: Can Success-Promoting Assessment Make a Difference?
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Tzur, Ron; Movshovitz-Hadar, Nitsa – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1998
Whether a success-promoting assessment schema (SPAS) can be designed to have a positive impact on the mathematics learning of failure-experienced students was studied with 200 noncollege-bound students in Israel. Results suggest that the SPAS in conjunction with suitable curricular materials could support student learning by changing student…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Curriculum Development, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Performance of Israeli 4th and 8th Grade Students on Science and Combined Science and Math Performance Assessment Tasks.
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Tamir, Pinchas; Zuzovsky, Ruth – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1999
Describes the achievement of Israeli fourth and eight graders on the performance assessment of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). The Israeli educational system has stressed practical tasks, and as expected, performance of Israeli students on the TIMSS performance assessment is quite high. (SLD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 4, Grade 8