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Direct linkIsmail, Noor Azina – Journal of Educational Research, 2009
Of 46 countries that participated in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study in 2003 (I. V. S. Mullis, M. O. Martin, E. J. Gonzalez, & S. J. Chrostowski, 2004), Malaysia was ranked 10th in international scores of mathematics achievement for 8th-grade students. The present author aimed to examine the importance of students'…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Grade 8
Download full textIsmail, Noor Azina; Awang, Halimah – International Education Studies, 2009
Malaysia was ranked 16th and 10th in mathematics based on the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in 1999 and 2003, respectively while its neighbor, Singapore, used to be a part of Malaysia until 1965, was ranked first in both years. Hence, it is the aim of this study to investigate what makes Singaporean students better in mathematics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Student Characteristics, Teacher Characteristics
