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TIMSS Advanced 2008 Overview

TIMSS Advanced 2008 Overview. Professors Ina V.S. Mullis and Michael O. Martin Executive Directors University of Oslo, December 9, 2009. International Release. Introduction. TIMSS Advanced 2008 Assesses final-year students with special preparation in. Advanced mathematics Physics.

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TIMSS Advanced 2008 Overview

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  1. TIMSS Advanced 2008Overview Professors Ina V.S. Mullis and Michael O. MartinExecutive Directors University of Oslo, December 9, 2009

  2. International Release

  3. Introduction

  4. TIMSS Advanced 2008 Assesses final-year students with special preparation in • Advanced mathematics • Physics First administered in 1995 • Trends 1995 to 2008

  5. Armenia Italy Iran Lebanon Netherlands Norway Philippines Russian Federation Slovenia Sweden Countries Participating •Also participated in 1995

  6. Increasingly select population by final year • Left school • Range of courses and choices • Not all students study all subjects

  7. Percentage enrolled in advanced courses varies • Curricular choices available to students • Students choosing to specialize • Selectivity of country Increasing differentiation • Small percentages in advanced courses • “Best and brightest”

  8. TIMSS AdvancedResults • Extensive data on contexts for learning • Achievement in relation to contexts • Information about students’ programs and experiences

  9. Key Policy Issue – “Yield” How many can be educated to high level? • “Mathematics for all” • Practical considerations • Strategic planning

  10. Assessed carefully defined populations • Taking advanced courses in mathematics or physics • Specialists in pre-university programs • Programs lasting three to five years

  11. TIMSS Advanced 2008 Frameworks • Advanced mathematics • Algebra • Calculus • Geometry • Physics • Mechanics • Electricity and magnetism • Heat and temperature • Atomic and nuclear physics

  12. Students surviving the pipeline • Varies across countries • Remained in school • Studied mathematics and science • Studying at high level all through school careers

  13. 100 TIMSS Advanced Coverage Index Students Taking Advanced Courses Entire Age Cohort

  14. Results for Advanced Mathematics

  15. 40.5 19.7 12.8 10.9 6.5 5.9 4.3 3.5 1.4 0.7 TIMSS Advanced 2008 Mathematics Coverage Index Slovenia Italy Sweden Norway Iran Lebanon Armenia Netherlands Russian Federation Philippines 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Percentage

  16. Age Years of School

  17. Selectivity Instructional Time for Advanced Mathematics

  18. Achievement in Advanced Mathematics

  19. Advanced Mathematics Results by Gender

  20. Trends in Achievement in Advanced Mathematics

  21. Results for Physics

  22. 11 7.5 6.8 6.6 5.9 4.3 3.8 3.4 2.6 TIMSS Advanced 2008Physics Coverage Index Sweden Slovenia Norway Iran Lebanon Armenia Italy Netherlands Russian Federation 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Percentage

  23. Selectivity Instructional Time for Physics

  24. Achievement in Physics

  25. Physics Results by Gender

  26. Trends in Achievement in Physics

  27. Selected Policy Issues

  28. Role of Technologyin Education • Results for mathematics and physics classes • Calculators used more frequently than computers

  29. Calculator Use in Advanced Mathematics Classes

  30. Calculator Use in Physics Classes

  31. 89 57 83 53 82 78 82 75 80 84 78 62 74 67 68 67 29 Advanced Mathematics 66 Physics 23 Students NEVER Using Computers in Class Sweden Norway Armenia Italy Iran Russian Federation Lebanon Philippines Netherlands Slovenia 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Percent of Students

  32. Students’ Areas of Continuing Education Engineering Business Health Science Social Science

  33. Male Male Female Female Advanced Mathematics Physics Percent of Students by Teachers’ Gender Lebanon Netherlands Netherlands Sweden Norway Norway Sweden Lebanon Iran Slovenia Italy Iran Philippines Italy Slovenia Russian Fed. Armenia Armenia Russian Fed. 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

  34. 73 60 67 64 65 57 58 64 51 46 46 38 45 47 30 42 14 Advanced Mathematics 13 Physics 14 Percent of Students by Teachers’ Aged 50 years or Older Norway Netherlands Lebanon Sweden Russian Federation Armenia Italy Slovenia Philippines Iran 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Percent of Students

  35. 93 79 87 86 84 84 84 83 80 81 79 75 75 73 65 67 73 58 69 Percent of Students by Teachers’ Plans to Continue Teaching Netherlands Armenia Italy Iran Lebanon Norway Philippines Russian Federation Sweden Advanced Mathematics Physics Slovenia 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Percent of Students

  36. Areas of concern • Disappointing achievement • Declines in yield – fewer students and lower achievement • Lack sufficient people with sufficient skills

  37. Potential teachershortages • Dwindling of supply of highly educated teachers • Existing teachers nearing retirement

  38. Compelling necessity • More students into mathematics and science courses • More mathematics and science students into teachers

  39. timssandpirls.bc.edu

  40. Thank You Professors Ina V.S. Mullis and Michael O. MartinExecutive Directors University of Oslo, December 9, 2009

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