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Lessons learned : what international assessments tell us about math achievement / Tom Loveless, editor.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Loveless, Tom, 1954-
TIMSS International Study Center.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mathematics--Study and teaching--Evaluation--Databases.
Mathematics.
Mathematical ability--Testing--Databases.
Mathematical ability.
Mathematics teachers--Evaluation--Databases.
Mathematics teachers.
Science--Study and teaching--Evaluation--Databases.
Science.
Science teachers--Evaluation--Databases.
Science teachers.
Science--Ability testing--Databases.
International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement--Examinations.
International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (289 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
"Examines student performance in mathematics, using the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study database to address pressing questions about school policy and educational research, including major lessons learned from TIMSS testing, comparison of math curricula across nations, effect of technology in the classroom, and progress of popular math reforms abroad"--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction : secondary analysis of data from international assessments / Tom Loveless
TIMSS in perspective : lessons learned from IEA's four decades of international mathematics assessments / Ina V. S. Mullis and Michael O. Martin
Understanding causal influences on educational achievement through analysis of differences over time within countries / Jan-Eric Gustafsson
Lack of focus in the the mathematics curriculum : symptom or cause? / William H. Schmidt and Richard T. Houang
U.S. algebra performance in an international context / Jeremy Kilpatrick, Vilma Mesa, and Finbarr Sloane
What can TIMSS surveys tell us about mathematics reforms in the United States during the 1990s? / Laura S. Hamilton and Jose Felipe Martinez
School size and student achievement in TIMSS 2003 / Gabriela Schutz
Examining educational technology and achievement through latent variable modeling / Elena C. Papanastasiou and Efi Paparistodemou
Comparisons between PISA and TIMSS
are we the man with two watches? / Dougal Hutchison and Ian Schagen.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786611029661
9781281029669
1281029661
9780815753353
0815753357
OCLC:
213488388

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