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TIMSS 2019 Highlights of Western Cape Province Grade 9 Results in Mathematics and Science
Building Achievement and Bridging Achievement Gaps
The Western Cape TIMSS 2019 school sample was selected from the 2018 Department of Basic Education (DBE) List of Schools that offered Grade 9 classes. Statistics Canada selected the South African sample and Western Cape provincial sample of 150 schools based on school type (public, independent) as explicit stratification variables and school povert ...
Published in: 2020
Authors: Vijay Reddy / Andrea Juan / Lolita Winnaar / Fabian Arends / Jaqueline Harvey / Sylvia Hannan / Ncamisile Zulu
Keywords: Mathematics Grade 9 / Science Grade 9 / TIMSS 2019
TIMSS 2019 Highlights of South African Grade 9 Results in Mathematics and Science
Achievement and Achievement Gaps
About TIMSS
TIMSS is an assessment of the mathematics and science knowledge of fourth and eighth Grade
learners around the world. A few countries, including South Africa, assess fifth and ninth Grade
learners. The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (using
IEA constructed scales designed for the group of inte ...
Published in: 2020
Authors: Vijay Reddy / Lolita Winnaar / Andrea Juan / Fabian Arends / Jaqueline Harvey / Sylvia Hannan / Catherine Namome / Palesa Sekhejane / Ncamisile Zulu
Keywords: Education / Education in South Africa / TIMSS 2019 / Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
TIMSS 2019 Highlights of South African Grade 5 Results in Mathematics and Science
Achievement and Achievement Gaps
TIMSS Assessment framework
The curriculum used by TIMSS is broadly defined as the major organising concept in considering how
educational opportunities are provided to learners and the factors associated with how learners use
these opportunities. The TIMSS Curriculum Model has three aspects: the intended curriculum, the
implemented curriculum, ...
Published in: 2020
Authors: Vijay Reddy / Lolita Winnaar / Andrea Juan / Fabian Arends / Jaqueline Harvey / Sylvia Hannan / Catherine Namome / Ncamisile Zulu
Keywords: Education in South Africa / Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
TIMSS 2019 Highlights of Gauteng Province Grade 9 Results in Mathematics and Science
Building Achievement and Bridging Achievement
Statistics Canada selected the South African sample and Gauteng provincial sample of 150 schools from the 2018 Department of Basic Education’s (DBE) List of schools that offered Grade 9 classes (648 Public and 348 Independent schools). Public schools accommodate 88% of the province’s learners, and independent schools 12%. The sampling was based ...
Published in: 2020
Authors: Vijay Reddy / Fabian Arends / Lolita Winnaar / Andrea Juan / Catherine Namome / Palesa Sekhejane / Sylvia Hannan / Jaqueline Harvey
Keywords: Education / Mathematics Achievement in South Africa / Science Achievement in South Africa / TIMSS in South Africa
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
Science Awareness, Attitudes and Astronomy
Continuity and Changes
SASAS Methodology
The SASAS 2013 sample consisted of 2 739 adults over the age of 16. In this sample,
three explicit stratification variables are used, namely province, geography
type and population group. The sample was weighted on the 2011 national
census and is thus representative of the South African adult population. The
SASAS ensures t ...
Published in: 2013
Authors: Vijay Reddy / Andrea Juan / Sylvia Hannan / Fabian Arends / Michael Gastrow / Benjamin Roberts
Keywords: Public relationship with science / SASAS / Science / Science and the public
Safe And Sound? Violence And South African Education
Published in: 2016
Authors: Tia Linda Zuze / Vijay Reddy / Andrea Juan / Sylvia Hannan / Mariette Visser / Lolita Winnaar
Keywords: School safety / School type / South African school system