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Correlates of science classroom teaching with Southeast Asian and East Asian eighth graders’ science achievement in TIMSS 2015

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 classroo...

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Main Authors: Yoon Fah Lay, Khar Thoe Ng
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Published: Scientia Socialis Ltd 2021
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spelling my.ums.eprints.301432021-07-29T14:41:40Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30143/ Correlates of science classroom teaching with Southeast Asian and East Asian eighth graders’ science achievement in TIMSS 2015 Yoon Fah Lay Khar Thoe Ng DS Asia LC Special aspects of education 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 2021-06 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30143/2/Correlates%20of%20science%20classroom%20teaching%20with%20Southeast%20Asian%20and%20East%20Asian%20eighth%20graders%E2%80%99%20science%20achievement%20in%20TIMSS%202015.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30143/3/Correlates%20of%20science%20classroom%20teaching%20with%20Southeast%20Asian%20and%20East%20Asian%20eighth%20graders%E2%80%99%20science%20achievement%20in%20TIMSS%202015-Abstract.pdf Yoon Fah Lay and Khar Thoe Ng (2021) Correlates of science classroom teaching with Southeast Asian and East Asian eighth graders’ science achievement in TIMSS 2015. Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 79 (3). pp. 425-450. ISSN 1822-7864 (P-ISSN) , 2538-7111 (E-ISSN) http://oaji.net/articles/2021/457-1623676864.pdf https://doi.org/10.33225/pec/21.79.425
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Correlates of science classroom teaching with Southeast Asian and East Asian eighth graders’ science achievement in TIMSS 2015
description 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.
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author Yoon Fah Lay
Khar Thoe Ng
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Khar Thoe Ng
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title Correlates of science classroom teaching with Southeast Asian and East Asian eighth graders’ science achievement in TIMSS 2015
title_short Correlates of science classroom teaching with Southeast Asian and East Asian eighth graders’ science achievement in TIMSS 2015
title_full Correlates of science classroom teaching with Southeast Asian and East Asian eighth graders’ science achievement in TIMSS 2015
title_fullStr Correlates of science classroom teaching with Southeast Asian and East Asian eighth graders’ science achievement in TIMSS 2015
title_full_unstemmed Correlates of science classroom teaching with Southeast Asian and East Asian eighth graders’ science achievement in TIMSS 2015
title_sort correlates of science classroom teaching with southeast asian and east asian eighth graders’ science achievement in timss 2015
publisher Scientia Socialis Ltd
publishDate 2021
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30143/2/Correlates%20of%20science%20classroom%20teaching%20with%20Southeast%20Asian%20and%20East%20Asian%20eighth%20graders%E2%80%99%20science%20achievement%20in%20TIMSS%202015.pdf
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