TY - JOUR
T1 - Much ado about nothing
T2 - on the achievements of Israeli students in the mathematics TIMSS-2003 examinations1
AU - David, Hanna
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2008 A B Academic Publishers Printed in Great Britain.
PY - 2008/1
Y1 - 2008/1
N2 - When the results of the Timms-2003 examinations had been released for publication it had become obvious that Israel was facing a major challenge regarding mathematical education. The decline in mathematical attainment in Israel started back in the 80s, but until the 1999 Timms results, placing Israel well under the international means, no serious consideration as to how to change the situation had been taken by the education system. In 2003 the results of the mathematics and science examinations seemed to be somewhat improved, but the 3-face problem had nonetheless remained more or less the same. I will hereby specify why the improvement in the mean international achievements had been just a “cosmetic“, facial, by under-covering the statistics behind the sample and showing that when many more third-world countries “join the club“ the relative position of the older members looks artificially better.
AB - When the results of the Timms-2003 examinations had been released for publication it had become obvious that Israel was facing a major challenge regarding mathematical education. The decline in mathematical attainment in Israel started back in the 80s, but until the 1999 Timms results, placing Israel well under the international means, no serious consideration as to how to change the situation had been taken by the education system. In 2003 the results of the mathematics and science examinations seemed to be somewhat improved, but the 3-face problem had nonetheless remained more or less the same. I will hereby specify why the improvement in the mean international achievements had been just a “cosmetic“, facial, by under-covering the statistics behind the sample and showing that when many more third-world countries “join the club“ the relative position of the older members looks artificially better.
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U2 - 10.1177/026142940802400112
DO - 10.1177/026142940802400112
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AN - SCOPUS:84903731600
SN - 0261-4294
VL - 24
SP - 105
EP - 117
JO - Gifted Education International
JF - Gifted Education International
IS - 1
ER -