Secondary Analysis of the TIMSS Data

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Secondary Analysis of the TIMSS Data Edited by

David F. Robitaille University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

and

Albert E. Beaton Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, U.S.A

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Chapter PREFACE

ix

PART 1: INTRODUCTION

1

TIMSS in Context: Assessment, Monitoring, and Moving Targets / Hans Wagemaker

3

2

TIMSS: A Brief Overview of the Study / David F. Robitaille and Albert E. Beaton

11

PART 2: FOCUS ON MATHEMATICS

3

Analyzing Student Responses in Mathematics Using TwoDigit Rubrics / John A. Dossey, Chancey O. Jones, and Tami S. Martin

21

4

From SIMS to TIMSS: Trends in Students’ Achievement in Mathematics / David F. Robitaille and Alan R. Taylor

47

5

The Impact of TIMSS on the Mathematics Standards Movement in the United States / John A. Dossey and Mary M. Lindquist

63

6

TIMSS Mathematics Results: A Japanese Perspective / Eizo Nagasaki and Hanako Senuma

81

7

TIMSS, Common Sense, and the Curriculum / Geoffrey Howson

95

8

Advanced Mathematics: Curricula and Student Performance / Geoffrey Howson

113

PART 3: FOCUS ON SCIENCE

9

Exploring Population 2 Students’ Ideas about Science / Marit Kjœrnsli, Carl Angell, and Svein Lie

v

127

vi

TABLE OF CONTENTS

10

Science Achievement: A Czech Perspective / Jana Paleckova and Jana Strakova

145

11

TIMSS Science Results For Hong Kong: an Ailing Dragon with a British Legacy / Nancy Law

157

12

Science Achievement: A Russian Perspective / Galina Kovalyova and Natalia Naidenova

177

13

TIMSS Science Results Seen from a Nordic Perspective / Marit Kjœrnsli and Svein Lie

193

PART 4: FOCUS ON CROSS-CURRICULAR ISSUES

14

Separating School, Classroom and Student Variances and their Relationship to Socio-Economic Status / Albert E. Beaton and Laura M. O’Dwyer

211

15

On the Relationship Between Mathematics and Science Achievement in the United States / Min Li, Richard J. Shavelson, Haggai Kuperintz and Maria Araceli Ruiz-Primo

233

16

Students’ Attitudes and Perceptions / Edward W. Kifer

251

17

Analyzing Gender Differences for High Achieving Students on TIMSS / Ina V. S. Mullis and Steven E. Stemler

277

18

Investigating Correlates of Mathematics and Science Literacy in the Final Year of Secondary School / Jesse L. M. Wilkins, Michalinos Zembylas, and Kenneth J. Travers

291

19

Indicators of ICT in Mathematics: Status and Covariation with Achievement Measures / Willem J. Pelgrum and Tjeerd Plomp

317

20

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