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Ciascai, Liliana; Dulama, Maria-Eliza – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2013
The results of Romanian students at international comparative TIMSS and PISA tests have constantly proven to be unsatisfactory. The present paper aims at analyzing the school syllabi "Mathematics and Environment exploration", "Environmental Education" and "Natural Sciences" studied during primary education in Romania…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Science Process Skills, Elementary School Science
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Mocanu, Gabriela – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2010
This paper aims to provide some statistics concerning the science performance of a group of 59 8th graders, studying in three different classes (may be regarded as different study groups). Eight science items were used, two from each content domain: chemistry, biology, mathematics and physics. These items were taken from the 2007 edition of the…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Grade 8, Science Achievement, Science Education
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Marchis, Iuliana – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2009
The results of the Romanian pupils on international tests PISA and TIMSS in Mathematics are below the average. These poor results have many explications. In this article we compare the Mathematics problems given on these international tests with those given on national tests in Romania.
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, International Education, Standardized Tests, Problem Solving
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Ciascai, Liliana – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2009
The results of Romanian school students in Science PISA and TIMSS testings have been and continue to be systematically slack. In the present paper we intend to do a comparative analysis of Science curriculum TIMSS 2007 and Romanian Science school curricula of 4th and 8th grades. This analysis, based on Bloom's taxonomy of cognitive domain,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Grade 4