We are pleased to announce the publication of the South African TIMSS 2019 Grade 5 Results. Read the report to find out more about the school, classroom, home and individual factors that are related to Grade 5 learners’ mathematics and science achievement.

We are pleased to announce the publication of the South African TIMSS 2019 Grade 9 Results. Read the report to find out more about the school, classroom, home and individual factors that are related to Grade 9 learners’ mathematics and science achievement.

This report is presented in three sections: • Part A presents the Introduction and Background and highlights some broad performance trends from the analysis of the Grade 9 TIMSS 2019 restricted use science items. • Part B presents the analysis of individual restricted use science items. • Part C presents ideas for remediation to improve t ...

This report is presented in two sections: 1. Part A presents the introduction and background and highlights some broad performance trends from the analysis of the TIMSS 2019 Grade 9 mathematics restricted use items. 2. Part B presents the analysis of individual mathematics restricted use items. 3. In Part C, items are grouped according to conce ...

This report is presented in three sections: 1. Part A presents the Introduction and Background and highlights some broad performance trends from the analysis of the Grade 5 TIMSS 2019 restricted use science items. 2. Part B presents the analysis of individual restricted use science items. 3. Part C presents ideas for remediation to improve the t ...

This report is presented in two sections: 1. Part A presents the Introduction and Background and highlights some broad performance trends from the analysis of the 2019 Grade 5 TIMSS mathematics restricted use items. 2. Part B presents the analysis of TIMSS 2019 individual restricted use items, as well as ideas for remediation to improve the tea ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...