scholarly journals TIMSS Advanced 2008: Fall i fysikk-kompetanse i Norge og Sverige

1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Angell ◽  
Svein Lie ◽  
Anubha Rohatgi
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
School Level ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
International Comparative ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
And Algebra ◽  
Timss Advanced ◽  
Mathematics And Science

TIMSS Advanced 2008 is an international comparative study, and deals with examining student achievement in mathematics and physics in the final year at upper secondary school. The theme of this article is to look at how Norwegian and Swedish students performed in physics in 2008 compared to the study conducted in 1995. The results from the TIMSS Advanced study provide an unambiguous picture. There is a significant decline in the performance in physics since the previous study in 1995 for both Norwegian and Swedish students. One important reason is related to the generally low level of results in science and mathematics at all levels in schools as shown by the downward trend for students in lower grades. The decline in physics performance can thus be explained by the fact that students with significantly weaker skills than before in mathematics and science come into upper secondary school. Lack of knowledge of basic arithmetic and algebra seems to be a contributing factor for this downwards trend in physics at upper secondary school level.

scholarly journals Teaching of chemical bonding: a study of Swedish and South African students' conceptions of bonding

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 985-1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Nimmermark ◽  
Lars Öhrström ◽  
Jerker Mårtensson ◽  
Bette Davidowitz
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
South African ◽  
Chemical Bonding ◽  
School Level ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
African Students ◽  
Counter Measures ◽  
Ionic Bonding ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Endothermic Reactions

Almost 700 Swedish and South African students from the upper secondary school and first-term chemistry university level responded to our survey on concepts of chemical bonding. The national secondary school curricula and most common textbooks for both countries were also surveyed and compared for their content on chemical bonding. Notable differences between the countries were found in textbooks and in the curriculum regarding the topics of ionic bonding, bond energetics and use of the VSEPR model, the latter being absent in the Swedish curriculum and ionic bonding not explicitly mentioned in the South African curriculum. To some extent these differences are reflected in the students’ responses to the survey. It is also clear that university teachers in both countries must prepare effective counter-measures against deep rooted misunderstandings. For the upper secondary school level it is suggested that the bond energetics and exothermic and endothermic reactions be clearly and carefully presented and separated as the study indicates that mixing of these two concepts is a major cause of confusion.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Cambodian Upper Secondary School Students’ Choice of Science Track

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 262
Author(s):  
Kao Sovansophal ◽  
Shimizu Kinya
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
And Mathematics

Upper secondary school years have been considered as a critical period for attracting students into future science-related majors and careers; yet, Cambodia is facing a worrisome decline trend in the students’ choice of science track. Through the lens of the making of engineers and scientists conceptual framework, the study aims to investigate the factors affecting Cambodian upper secondary school students’ choice of science track. With self-rating questionnaire survey, which randomly covered 751 11th graders in nine upper secondary schools in three provinces of Cambodia, the researcher collected data on three significant factors namely individual ability and personality, family background and encouragement, and upper secondary school experience and support. Binary logistic regression analysis revealed that performance in science and mathematics subjects, attitude towards science, plan to major in STEM, time spent self-studying in science and mathematics subjects, family encouragement, mother’s education, and school location significantly predicted students’ choice of science track. Some important implications for pedagogical orientation were also discussed.

scholarly journals A Synergy between History of Mathematics and Mathematics Education: A Possible Path from Geometry to Symbolic Algebra

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilia Florio
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
History Of Mathematics ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
Analytic Geometry ◽  
School Students ◽  
Symbolic Algebra ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Mathematics

This paper proposes an experimental path aimed at guiding upper secondary school students to overcome that discontinuity, often perceived by them, between learning geometry and learning algebra. This path contributes to making students aware of how the algebraic language, formalized in the most powerful form by Descartes, grafts itself onto the geometric language. This is realized by introducing a problem included in a text written by Abū Kāmil before the year 870. This awareness acquired by the students, when accompanied by some semiotic considerations, allows the translation of the problem from “spoken” algebra to “symbolic” algebra, and it represents the background for a possible use of the same problem within the framework of analytic geometry. This proposition manifests a didactic and popular efficacy that supports and favors the recognition of the object it is talking about in different contexts, helping to create a unitary vision of mathematics.

scholarly journals Student Cognitive Profile with STEM Based Teaching Material on the Subject of Vibrations and Waves

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-226
Author(s):  
Rachma Afifah ◽  
Ellianawati Ellianawati
Keyword(s):  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Cognitive Profile ◽  
School Level ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Learning Success ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Mathematics And Science

The results of study Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2011 at the secondary school level showed that the achievement of learning outcomes of Indonesian students in the fields of mathematics and science had not shown satisfactory results. One way to implement effective and enjoyable learning can be supported by teaching materials used in learning. Teaching materials are one of the supporting factors for student learning success. This study aims to produce products and apply teaching materials based on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) to determine the profile of the cognitive process of understanding the concepts of vocational students. The method used in this study is research and development. Characteristics of STEM-based teaching materials that contain material about vibrations and waves associated with STEM aspects and equipped with problems and practical procedures. The results of the analysis of teaching materials can be categorized as feasible, with a percentage of 78.46%. The results of the analysis of student responses after the application of the teaching materials were obtained with a percentage of 83.74% so that it can be concluded that the teaching material included in the category is very practical to use. The results of the cognitive profile analysis of students' understanding of concepts obtained an interpretation percentage of 76.06%; exemplifying 84.44%; inference 67.78%; comparing 62.59%; explain 59.89%.

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