Science Achievement in the Middle School Years: IEA's Third International Mathematics and Science Report

This report presents science achievement results for students in the two grades with the largest proportion of 13-year-olds – the seventh and eighth grades in most countries – across 42 countries. Special emphasis is placed on the eighth-grade results, including selected information about students' background and classroom practices in teaching science.

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CHAPTERS	CONTENT
Table of Contents for the Science Report
Executive Summary
Introduction
Chapter 1	International Student Achievement in Science
Chapter 2	Average Achievement in the Science Content Areas
Chapter 3	Performance on Items Within Each Science Content Area
Chapter 4	Students' Backgrounds and Attitudes Towards the Science's
Chapter 5	Teachers and Instruction
Appendix A	Overview of TIMSS Procedures: Science Achievement Results for Seventh- and Eighth-Grade Students
Appendix B	The Test-Curriculum Matching Analysis
Appendix C	Selected Science Achievements Results for the Philippines
Appendix D	Selected Science Achievement Results for Denmark, Sweden, and Switzerland (German-Speaking) - Eighth Grade
Appendix E	Percentiles and Standard Deviations of Science Achievement
Appendix F	Acknowledgements

Highlights of Results from TIMSS

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The Science Achievement in the Middle School Years was released in November 1997 and written by Albert E. Beaton, Michael O. Martin, Ina V.S. Mullis, Eugenio J. Gonzalez, Teresa A. Smith, and Dana L. Kelly.