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TIMSS - R: Performance of eighth graders from Singapore
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Kaur, Berinderjeet |
| Copyright Year | 2003 |
| Abstract | In 1999, the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) was replicated at the eighth grade level. This study, known as TIMSS-R, was designed to highlight trends in eighth grade mathematics and science achievement in an international context. This paper reviews the mathematics achievement of eighth graders from Singapore who participated in TIMSS-R. The achievement data show that the overall performance of eighth graders from Singapore was commendable and they were ranked first amongst the thirty-eight countries that participated. Almost half of the students were amongst the top 10% of the participants in the study. Their performance on each of the 82 mathematics items that are released by IEA, highlights some of their strengths and weaknesses that are of particular interest to mathematics educators in Singapore. What is TIMSS-R? The Third International Mathematics and Science Study, TIMSS, (Beaton et al., 1996) was conducted in 1995. Forty-one countries participated and testing was carried out at five grade levels. The aim of TIMSS, also known as TIMSS-1995, was to provide a base from which policy makers, curriculum specialists and researchers could better understand the performance of their educational systems. In 1999, TIMSS was replicated at the eighth grade. This study known as TIMSS-R or TIMSS-1999 (Mullis et al., 2000) was designed to highlight trends in eighth grade mathematics and science achievement in an international context. Thirty- eight countries participated in TIMSS-R. Of these, 26 countries participated in TIMSS at the eighth grade in 1995. Also, 1999 represents four years since the first TIMSS, and the population of students originally assessed as fourth graders were now in their eighth grade. Thus for 17 of the 26 countries that participated in TIMSS at the fourth grade, TIMSS-R provides information about whether the relative performance of these students has changed in the intervening years. Singapore participated in both TIMSS and TIMSS-R. For TIMSS, Singapore participated at Populations 1 and 2 levels only (Research & Testing Division, MOE, 1996). Population 1 students comprised those at Primary Three and Four and Population 2 students, those at Secondary One and Two. All primary and secondary schools were involved in the study and an intact class at each of the two adjacent grades was randomly selected. Altogether, about 14,500 Primary Three and Four |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://math.nie.edu.sg/ame/matheduc/tme/tmeV7_1/05%20Kaur%20Final.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://repository.nie.edu.sg/bitstream/10497/63/1/TME-7-1-62.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
