Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education  http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/

Presentation of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study

Agenda

• Introductions and Welcome
• Personal historical perspective for international studies in relation to Underachieving Curriculum.
• Dateline TIMSS Video, February 11, 1998
• Timeline and Background Information
• Top Ten List
  • Examples from Japanese, German, US classrooms
  • Example items from the TIMSS Achievement Tests
• Close
• Questions and Discussion

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Time Line of IEA Studies and Mathematics Education

 Available as an online presentation to view at

http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/presentations/timss/allerton/

 

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Ten Conceptions and Misconceptions of the TIMSS

Available online to view and consider at

http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/presentations/timss/topten.html

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Example items of the TIMSS

Available online in complete document form

http://wwwcsteep.bc.edu/TIMSS1/Items.html

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Videotape Excerpts

The Excerpts seen are from a CD-ROM they are available online and you may order a CD-ROM of your own from this URL

http://nces.ed.gov/timss/video/index.html

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TIMSS Resource Websites

 In addition to the URLs above that house the presentation materials we brought today , there are other websites that detail discussions on TIMSS, and more updates on data, and online publications. The main sites are listed below.

		National Center for Education Statistics http://www.ed.gov/NCES/timss/index.html
		First in the World Consortium http://www.ncrel.org/fitw/homepage.htm
		Boston College http://wwwcsteep.bc.edu/timss
		Michigan State University http://ustimss.msu.edu
		University of Illinois Resource Site for TIMSS http://www-cm.math.uiuc.edu/~jbartusc/TIMSS/