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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 good teacher: what teachers need to teach well
Published in: 2013
Authors: Fabian Arends
Keywords: Educational experience / Quality Education / Teacher classroom practices
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 contribution of South African teachers to students’ sense of belonging and mathematics achievement: Students’ perspective from the 2015 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
The role of teachers in nurturing students’ sense of belonging cannot be over-emphasised. Students who do not feel accepted by their teachers are at risk of withdrawing from school life and feeling disaffected. This study contributes to theories on school belonging by investigating the contribution of teachers to students’ sense of school belon ...
Published in: 2019
Authors: Fabian Arends / Mariette Visser
Keywords: Primary School Teachers / Sense of School Belonging / Student Attitudes / TIMSS; Student–Teacher Relationship
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
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
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
Help them understand: The importance of instructional clarity in teaching and learning
Volume 19 Number 2
Published in: 2021
Authors: Fabian Arends
Keywords: instructional clarity / South African educators / Teacher classroom practices
Beyond Benchmarks
What twenty years of TIMSS data tell us about South African education
South Africa has participated in a number of local and international achievement studies in the field of education over the last 20 years and responses to the results have been somewhat mixed. Critics argue that participation in international assessments is a pointless exercise because of the slow pace of improvement in South African education. Sup ...
Published in: 2015
Authors: Vijay Reddy / Tia Linda Zuze / Mariette Visser / Andrea Juan / Cas Prinsloo / Fabian Arends / Shawn Rogers
Keywords: Education and skills development