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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
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 good, the bad and the potential: unpacking TIMSS 2011
Published in: 2011
Authors: Vijay Reddy
Keywords: Annual National Assessments / Monitoring Learning Achievements / Southern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
The gendered complexities of school mathematics achievement: Girls outperforming or boys underperforming?
Volume 19 Number 2
Published in: 2021
Keywords: Gender equality / Learner achievement / mathematics achievement
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
Story of South African educational inequalities
SA-US Partnership Workshop
Published in: 2018
Authors: Vijay Reddy
Keywords: Education in South Africa / education inequalities
Smooth, staggered or stopped? Educational transitions in SAYPS
Human and Social Dynamics Research Seminar
Published in: 2017
Keywords: Education system / Mathematics Achievement in South Africa / Mathematics Grade 9 / South African Youth
Smooth, staggered or stopped?
Educational transitions in the South African Youth Panel Study
Understanding educational transitions is vital to addressing basic skills shortages and improving the life chances of
all South African learners. Efforts here have, however, been hampered by a lack of high-quality, longitudinal data.
In response to the lack of appropriate data needed to examine these issues, and to obtain a better understanding
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Published in: 2017
Keywords: Education system / Mathematics Grade 9 / South African Youth