Contexts of Learning Mathematics and Science: Lessons Learned from Timss

ISBN-13: 9780415362252 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 448 str.

Tjeerd Plomp; Sarah Howie

Opis

This book reports valuable research from across the world that addresses questions on what background and contextual factors are related to achievement in mathematics and sciences. All studies utilized data from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) conducted under the auspices of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) in 1995, and repeated in 1998.
In many countries researchers have started secondary analysis of the data in search for relationships between contextual factors and achievement. In these analyses two different approaches can be distinguished, which can be characterized by the metaphors of 'fishing' and 'hunting'. In the 'fishing' approach, researchers in principle begin with an open mind, considering all possible context variables as possible explanatory variables. Applying analysis techniques like regression analysis, Lisrel, PLS, HLM, and MLn, they try to identify which factors within their countries or across a number of countries. In the 'hunting' approach, researchers have reasons to choose certain context variables upfront and research whether these variables account for part of the variance in the mathematics and/or science achievement. Truly international in scope the book includes contributions from over 15 countries around the world including the USA, South Africa, The Netherlands, Germany and Japan.

Spis treści

Part 1:Introduction to TIMSS and to the Book  1. Lessons from Cross-National Research on Context and Achievement: Hunting and Fishing in the TIMSS Landscape  2. TIMSS: Purpose and Design  3. Using Indicators of Educational Contexts in TIMSS  4. Inconsistent Student Responses to Questions Related to their Mathematics Lessons  5. Raising Achievement Levels in Mathematics and Science Internationally: What Really Matters.  Part 2: Background Variables and Achievement: Single Country Studies  6. The Effects of Student, Class, and School Characteristics on TIMSS 1999 Mathematics Achievement in Flanders  7. Factors Related to Mathematics Achievement in Chile  8. Modeling Mathematics Achievement in Cyprus  9. Student and School Factors Affecting Finnish Mathematics Achievement: Results from TIMSS 1999 Data  10. The Role of Students' Characteristics and Family Background in Iranian Students' Mathematics Achievement  11. Multi-Level Factors Affecting the Performance of South African Pupils in Mathematics  12. Factors Affecting Korean Students' Achievement in TIMSS 1999  Part 3: Background Variables and Achievement: Multiple Country Studies  13. Exploring Influential Factors on Mathematics Achievement in Grade 8 in the Netherlands, Belgium, Flanders and Germany: Results of Secondary Analysis on TIMSS 1995 Data  14. Participation and Achievement in Science: An Examination of Gender Differences in Canada, the USA and Norway  15. Predictors of Student Achievement in TIMSS 1999 and Philippine Results  Part 4: Curriculum Related Variables and Achievement  16. Exploring the Change in Bulgarian Eighth Grade Mathematics Performance from TIMSS 1995 to TIMSS 1999  17. Curriculum Coherence: Does the Logic Underlying the Organization of Subject Matter?  18. Curricular Effects in Patterns of Student Responses to TIMSS Science Items  19. Towards a Science Achievement Framework: The Case of TIMSS-R Study  20. Background to Japanese Students’ Achievement in Science and Mathematics  Part 5: Teaching Aspects/Classroom Processes, School Management Variables and Achievement  21. Linking TIMSS to Research on Learning and Instruction:
A Re-Analysis of the German TIMSS and TIMSS Video Data  22. Where to Look for Student Sorting and Class-Size Effects: Identification and Quest for Causes Based on International Evidence  23. Grouping in Science and Mathematics Classrooms in Israel  24. Factors Associated with Cross-National Variation in Mathematics and Science Achievement Based on TIMSS 1999 Data

O autorze

Sarah J. Howie, Tjeerd Plomp