The Western Cape Province TIMSS 2019 Grade 9 Results
Building Achievement and Bridging Achievement Gaps
In August 2019, the Human Sciences Research Council collected achievement and contextual data in
149 secondary schools from 149 principals, 170 mathematics educators, 162 science educators, and 5 351
Grade 9 learners in the Western Cape. The analysis of data was informed by a framework focused on how to
build achievement and bridge achievement g ...
Published in: 2022
Authors: Vijay Reddy / Andrea Juan / Jaqueline Harvey / Lolita Winnaar / Sylvia Hannan / Kathryn Isdale / Fabian Arends
Keywords: Factors related to achievement / TIMSS 2019 / Western Cape Grade 9 Results
The South African TIMSS 2019 Grade 9 Results
Building Achievement and Bridging Achievement Gaps
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) assesses mathematics and science knowledge of fourth and eighth grade learners around the world. South Africa has participated in six of the seven TIMSS cycles (1995–2019), at the eighth or ninth grade, providing a rich dataset spanning 24 years. Participation in TIMSS allows count ...
Published in: 2022
Authors: Vijay Reddy / Lolita Winnaar / Fabian Arends / Andrea Juan / Jaqueline Harvey / Sylvia Hannan / Kathryn Isdale
Keywords: Department of Basic Education (DBE) / Factors related to achievement / Grade 9 learners / Mathematics Achievement in South Africa / Science Achievement in South Africa / South African schools / TIMSS 2019
The South African TIMSS 2019 Grade 5 Results
Building Achievement and Bridging Achievement Gaps
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) assesses mathematics and science knowledge of fourth and eighth grade learners around the world. South Africa, where learners were assessed at the fifth grade, participated in TIMSS 2015, assessing mathematics; and in TIMSS 2019, assessing both mathematics and science. Participation ...
Published in: 2022
Authors: Vijay Reddy / Lolita Winnaar / Jaqueline Harvey / Sylvia Hannan / Kathryn Isdale / Fabian Arends / Andrea Juan
Keywords: Department of Basic Education (DBE) / Factors related to achievement / Grade 5 learners / Mathematics Achievement in South Africa / Science Achievement in South Africa / South African schools
The Gauteng Province TIMSS 2019 Grade 9 Results
Building Achievement and Bridging Achievement Gaps
In August 2019, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) collected achievement and contextual data in 150 secondary schools from 150 principals, 150 mathematics educators, 150 science educators, and 5 633 Grade 9 learners in the Gauteng province. The analysis of data was informed by a framework focused on how to build achievement and bridge achie ...
Published in: 2022
Authors: Vijay Reddy / Fabian Arends / Jaqueline Harvey / Lolita Winnaar / Andrea Juan / Sylvia Hannan / Kathryn Isdale / Palesa Sekhejane
Keywords: Factors related to achievement / Gauteng Grade 9 results / TIMSS 2019
TIMSS 2015 Grade 9 National Report
Understanding mathematics and science achievement amongst Grade 9 learners in South Africa
The 2015 TIMSS Grade 9 study was administered in August 2015 by a team of researchers at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) in collaboration with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA).
Published in: 2018
Keywords: Department of Basic Education (DBE) / Education in South Africa / mathematics achievement / science achievement / TIMSS 2015
TIMSS 2015 Grade 5 National Report
Understanding mathematics and science achievement amongst Grade 5 learners in South Africa
The 2015 TIMSS Grade 5 study was administered for the first time in South Africa in August 2015. The study was led by a team of researchers at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) in collaboration with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA).
Published in: 2018
Keywords: Department of Basic Education (DBE) / Education in South Africa / mathematics achievement / science achievement / TIMSS 2015
Highlights from TIMSS 2011: South Africa
Published in: 2011
Keywords: Languages / Mathematics Achievement in South Africa / School resources / Student Attitudes / Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
Mathematics and Science Achievement at South African Schools in TIMSS 2003
Mathematics and science are key areas of knowledge for the development of individuals and for the social and economic development of South Africa. In November 2002, about 9000 Grade 8 learners from South African public schools participated in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). This monograph reports on South Africas ...
Published in: 2006
Keywords: Education and skills development / mathematics achievement / science achievement
Third International Mathematics and Science Study Repeat (TIMSS-R) 1999 South Africa
TIMSS-Repeat was intended to measure the trends in achievment between 1994/1995 and 1998/1999. Four years is a relatively short time to measure such trends, but nonetheless policy makers and those involved in educational planning look for any such shifts as indications of improvement. With so much happening in South Africa during this period, it is ...
Published in: 2001
Authors: Sarah Howie
Mathematics and Science literacy of final-year school students in South Africa
A Report on the Performance of South African Students in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
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 five different year levels. South Africa is the first country in Africa to have particip ...