Large-Scale Diagnostic Assessment: Comparison of Eighth Graders' Mathematics Performance in the United States, Singapore and Israel

Autor/inn/en	Birenbaum, Menucha; Tatsuoka, Curtis; Xin, Tao
Titel	Large-Scale Diagnostic Assessment: Comparison of Eighth Graders' Mathematics Performance in the United States, Singapore and Israel
Quelle	In: Assessment in Education Principles Policy and Practice, 12 (2005) 2, S.167-181 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0969-594X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Grade 8; Cultural Differences; Mathematics Tests; Cultural Context; Cognitive Processes; Cross Cultural Studies; Mathematics Achievement; Measurement; Student Evaluation; Israel; Singapore; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Kultureller Unterschied; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Messverfahren; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Singapur; USA
Abstract	A diagnostic model for large-scale assessment was applied to TIMSS data to compare mathematics performance of eighth graders from three countries--the US, Singapore, and Israel. Compared were attribute mastery probabilities for content, skills and cognitive processes underlying students' performance on the 1999 TIMSS-R mathematics test. Also compared were the proportions of students from the three samples in each of eight hierarchically ordered clusters of knowledge states. The results indicated significant differences in favour of the Singaporean sample on most attributes underlying the test. The results were discussed in light of the cultural context of education in the respective countries. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10