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TIMSS 2019 South African Item Diagnostic Report: Grade 9 Science
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 ...
Published in: 2022
Keywords: Science Achievement in South Africa / Science Grade 9
TIMSS 2019 South African Item Diagnostic Report: Grade 5 Science
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 ...
Published in: 2022
Keywords: Science Achievement in South Africa / Science Grade 5
Item readability and science achievement in TIMSS 2003 in South Africa
Secondary analysis of TIMSS results
This study investigated the relationship between readability of 73 text-only multiple-choice questions from Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003 and performance of two groups of South African learners: those with limited English-language proficiency (learners attending African schools) and those with better English-lan ...
Published in: 2007
Authors: Edith R. Dempster / Vijay Reddy
Keywords: Inequality in South African education / Languages / Readability