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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Thirty-six countries participated in TIMSS 2015 at the Grade 8 level and three countries at the Grade 9 level (Norway, Botswana and South Africa). We will describe the achievement scores using three measures, namely (i) average mathematics and science scale scores in TIMSS 2015 for participating countries; (ii) change in mathematics and scien ...

South Africa is one of the lower performing countries in mathematics in comparison to other participating countries. There are improvements that need to be made and valuable lessons to be learned. Building on what we have learnt from the Grade 9 TIMSS with respect to improvements over time, this first round of TIMSS at the Grade 5 level is an ...