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ERIC Number: EJ1301618
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 26
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ISSN: ISSN-1822-7864
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Correlates of Science Classroom Teaching with Southeast Asian and East Asian Eighth Graders' Science Achievement in TIMSS 2015
Lay, Yoon Fah; Ng, Khar Thoe
Problems of Education in the 21st Century, v79 n3 p425-450 2021
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is an international comparative study that has been implemented by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) since 1995. This proposed study is aimed to identify the correlations of science classroom teachings with eighth graders' science achievement in TIMSS among Southeast Asian and East Asian countries. The freely downloadable secondary data were analyzed using IEA's International Database (IDB) Analyzer (version 4.0) for TIMSS, a plug-in for SPSS. TIMSS uses an imputation methodology, involving plausible values, to report student performance. This study found that countries with higher average science achievement allocated higher percentage of educational hours for science teaching, students were taught the TIMSS science topics, students attended schools with science laboratories and have assistance available when conducting experiments, computer availability during science lessons, with science teachings were not limited by student needs, and less frequency of student absences. Based on the research findings, policy recommendations were made to the Malaysian Ministry of Education to boost Malaysian eighth graders' science performance in the forthcoming TIMSS assessments.
Scientia Socialis Ltd. 29 K. Donelaicio Street, LT-78115 Siauliai, Republic of Lithuania. e-mail: scientia@scientiasocialis.lt; e-mail: problemsofeducation@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.scientiasocialis.lt/pec/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Malaysia; Singapore; Thailand; Japan; South Korea; Hong Kong; Taiwan
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
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