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Direct linkChen, Jianan; van Laar, Saskia; Braeken, Johan – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2023
A general validity and survey quality concern with student questionnaires under low-stakes assessment conditions is that some responders will not genuinely engage with the questionnaire, often with more random response patterns as a result. Using a mixture IRT approach and a meta-analytic lens across 22 educational systems participating in TIMSS…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, International Assessment, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries
Chand, Vijaya Sherry; Deshmukh, Ketan Satish – Education & Training, 2019
Purpose: The difficulties higher education institutions in developing countries face in finding adequate and relevant onsite student internship opportunities make a case for online internships. The purpose of this paper is to present an online internship model, developed over a two-year period, which challenged students to engage in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Internship Programs, Developing Nations, Student Projects
Charamba, Erasmos – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
This study describes multilingual students' authentic use of their multiple languages in a science classroom in Viljoensdrift, South Africa. There has been a broad scope of research conducted by several researchers with regards to translanguaging and all have proven it to be an effective pedagogical tool that can be used in the process of teaching…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Code Switching (Language), Teaching Methods, Multilingualism
Charamba, Erasmos – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
Education for multilingual Physics students in South Africa still has a monolingual bias despite such pedagogy being repeatedly identified as the key factor in students' academic underachievement in the subject. The paper reports on the pivotal role language plays in the comprehension and subsequent academic performance of students in science…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Physics, Science Education, Teaching Methods
Gómez Fernández, Roberto – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2019
Alexis Patterson's paper researches equity in groupwork in the science classroom by looking at micro-interactions. She points to the key features of student voice, student visibility and student authority while addressing the teachers' role in creating a more equitable and productive talk in science classrooms. This forum paper aims at continuing…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Classroom Communication, Science Instruction, Equal Education
Areepattamannil, Shaljan; Kaur, Berinderjeet – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2013
This study, employing hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), sought to investigate the student-level and school-level factors associated with the science achievement of immigrant and non-immigrant students among a national sample of 22,646 students from 896 schools in Canada. While student background characteristics such as home language, family…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Immigrants, Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables
Ng, Khar Thoe; Lay, Yoon Fah; Areepattamannil, Shaljan; Treagust, David F.; Chandrasegaran, A. L. – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2012
Background: The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) assesses the quality of the teaching and learning of science and mathematics among Grades 4 and 8 students across participating countries. Purpose: This study explored the relationship between positive affect towards science and mathematics and achievement in science and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, Foreign Countries
Download full textMartin, Michael O.; Mullis, Ina V. S.; Foy, Pierre; Stanco, Gabrielle M. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2012
For more than 50 years, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) has been conducting comparative studies of educational achievement in a number of curriculum areas, including mathematics and science. TIMSS 2011 represents the fifth cycle of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS),…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Comparative Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
