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Download full textHowie, Sarah, Ed. – 1997
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international study of mathematics and science achievement ever undertaken with more than 500,000 students in 41 countries being tested in mathematics and science at three different year levels. South Africa is the first country in Africa to have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Howie, Sarah, Ed. – 1997
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international study of mathematics and science achievement ever undertaken with more than 500,000 students in 41 countries being tested in mathematics and science at three different year levels. South Africa is the first country in Africa to have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Howie, Sarah, Ed. – 1997
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international study of mathematics and science achievement ever undertaken with more than 500,000 students in 41 countries being tested in mathematics and science at three different year levels. South Africa is the first country in Africa to have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Howie, Sarah, Ed. – 1997
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international study of mathematics and science achievement ever undertaken with more than 500,000 students in 41 countries being tested in mathematics and science at three different year levels. South Africa is the first country in Africa to have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Howie, Sarah, Ed. – 1997
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international study of mathematics and science achievement ever undertaken with more than 500,000 students in 41 countries being tested in mathematics and science at three different year levels. South Africa is the first country in Africa to have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedMaqsud, Muhammad – Educational Research, 1998
Twenty South African students with low math achievement learned metacognitive strategies for math problems and 20 controls were taught math conventionally. General ability, metacognitive awareness, math achievement, and positive attitudes were all higher for the experimental group. (SK)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High Schools, Low Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Howie, Sarah – 1997
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international study of mathematics and science achievement ever undertaken, with more than 500,000 school students in 45 countries being tested in mathematics and science at five different school year levels. South Africa is the first country in Africa…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Kruse, Darryn – 1996
Education in South Africa has mirrored the inequality and socio-political upheaval that has marked that country's history since the official establishment of apartheid in 1948. This paper provides a brief summary of some of the main issues impacting education in South Africa, a description of Fish Hoek Middle School just south of Capetown, an…
Descriptors: Apartheid, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
