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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
The effect of school climate: How feelings of safety and belonging support learners’ achievement
Volume 19 Number 2
Published in: 2021
Authors: Lolita Winnaar
Keywords: Learner achievement / School safety / Sense of School Belonging
Teacher classroom practices and Mathematics performance in South African schools: A reflection on TIMSS 2011
South African Journal of Education, Volume 37, Number 3, August 2017
Published in: 2017
Keywords: Mathematics Education / Teacher classroom practices
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
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
Reproducing Inequality in the South African Schooling System: What are the Opportunities?
Chapter in "Social Justice and Education in the 21st Century: Research from South Africa and the United States"
The South African Ministry of Education has made signifcant progress in reducing inequality between schools; however, such inequality persists. Students from
wealthier households that are able to meet their fnancial obligations attend wellresourced schools that are characterised by high-quality education. This chapter
critically examines issues o ...
Published in: 2021
Keywords: Inequality in South African education / South African schooling system
Reducing bullying in schools by focusing on school climate and school socio-economic status
This paper is a secondary analysis, using data from the South African 2015 cycle of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). TIMSS is a trend study that assesses Mathematics and Science achievement and is designed to measure changes in the education system over time. The participants of the study included 12,514 learners f ...
Published in: 2018
Keywords: Bullying / School climate / School violence / TIMSS in South Africa
Mathematics and Science Achievement at South African Schools in TIMSS 2003
Mathematics and science are key areas of knowledge for the development of individuals and for the social and economic development of South Africa. In November 2002, about 9000 Grade 8 learners from South African public schools participated in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). This monograph reports on South Africas ...
Published in: 2006
Keywords: Education and skills development / mathematics achievement / science achievement