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Tan, Hazel – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2012
In this paper, the relationships between students' beliefs about knowing and learning mathematics, and how they engage with calculators, are investigated. An online survey was conducted for 964 Singaporean and 176 Victorian senior secondary students. Students' "connected knowing-deep approach" conception of mathematics was found to be…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Calculators, Teaching Methods, Beliefs
Wu, Margaret – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2010
This paper makes an in-depth comparison of the PISA (OECD) and TIMSS (IEA) mathematics assessments conducted in 2003. First, a comparison of survey methodologies is presented, followed by an examination of the mathematics frameworks in the two studies. The methodologies and the frameworks in the two studies form the basis for providing…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Comparative Analysis