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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study."”.
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Bayesian model averaging for mathematics achievement growth rate trends
In this study, we investigated the use of Bayesian model averaging (BMA) for latent growth curve models. We used the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) to predict growth rates in 8th-grade students' mathematics achievement. The dataset on male and female students' …
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A Multilevel Analysis of Student Engagement, Teacher Quality, and Math Achievement
This study examined the relationships between math engagement, teacher quality, school factors, and math achievement in middle school students. This study used the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) data from the 2007 wave. The data were analyzed using exploratory factor …
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The Effect of Organizational Characteristics on School Effectiveness: A Multilevel Analysis of the Gulf Cooperation Council States
According to the findings of the 2019 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), fourth-grade students from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries—consisting of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—performed below average compared to other …
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Opportunity to Learn, Engagement, and Science Achievement: Evidence form TIMSS 2003 Data
This study examined the relationships between opportunity to learn (OTL), science engagement, and science achievement in students' middle school level. This study used the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) data from the 2003 wave. The data were analyzed using structuring …
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Application of ordered latent class regression model in educational assessment
… model where latent classes are ordered by imposing inequality constraints on the cumulative conditional response probabilities. Taking stochastic ordering of latent classes into account in the analysis of data gives a meaningful interpretation, since the primary purpose of a test is to order …
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Karma testlerde boyut sayısını belirleme tekniklerinin farklı örneklem büyüklükleri ve madde türü oranlarında karşılaştırılması
… karma testlerden elde edilen veriler üzerinde, boyut sayısının belirlenmesinde sıklıkla kullanılan Kaiser Kriteri, Cattel Yamaç Birikinti Grafiği, Horn'un Paralel Analizi ve VSS (Çok Basit Yapı- Very Simple Structure) Yöntemleri'nden elde edilen sonuçların karşılaştırılmasıdır. Bu bağlamda …
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How does a mastery style of teaching in mathematics lead to deeper understanding and sustained levels of attainment?
The National Centre for the Excellence in Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) continues to promote the approach known as ‘mastery’ to schools in England to develop deeper understanding and sustained learning. England has emulated the approach from countries which have scored highly in the Programme for …
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Agents of Agency: Identifying Teacher Traits and Trainings Associated with Promoting Student Agency
<p>This study shifts the focus of mathematics teacher quality from the traditional metric of test scores to “student agency,” defined as a learner's capacity to access power, make decisions, and take ownership of their learning process. While the literature on student agency provides ample …
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A STUDY OF SINGAPORE FEMALE PRIMARY TEACHERS’ SELF-EFFICACY FOR TEACHING SCIENCE
According to Bandura, self-efficacy is defined as an individual’s judgment of their capability to organize and execute the courses of action required to attain designated types of performances. It has been proposed that there is a strong relationship between Science teaching efficacy beliefs and …
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The Correlation Between Professional Learning Communities & Collective Efficacy & the Resulting Impact on Student Growth Data
<p>The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study in 2007 conducted by the National Center of Education Statistics revealed that the students in United States are scoring lower than several other countries in the areas of science and mathematics. Students in other countries are able to …
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Education policy issues in Turkey
Since the mid-1990s, public education provision in Turkey has been in constant transformation, a result of modernization efforts connected to the political determination of governments to complete Turkey's accession to the European Union. During this period two nation-wide reforms stand out due to …
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Gender bias in the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study 2003 (TIMMS) for Canadian students /
This study is a secondary data analysis of the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study 2003 (TIMSS) to determine if there is a gender bias, unbalanced number of items suited to the cognitive skill of one gender, and to compare performance by location. Results of the Grade 8, math portion of the …
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Middle School Girls' Math Self-Concepts in Japan and the United States: A Socio-Ecological Approach
<p>In Japan and the United States, women’s underrepresentation in STEM fields in tertiary education limits opportunities for social mobility and economic stability. Efforts to address this issue need to consider the role played by the intractable girls’ inferiority in math (GIM) myth that …
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Language and the opportunity to learn science in bilingual classrooms in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
… poor performance of South African learners in national and international science assessments, and in particular, the poor achievement levels of Grade 8 learners in successive TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) science assessments. It was suggested in the TIMSS …