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The Curriculum-TIMSS Alignment for Grade 8 Science from 2007 to 2019: A Case of South Africa and Singapore
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Bhaw, Nishaal; Kriek, Jeanne – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2023
The present study explores the validity of inferences that may be drawn from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) learner achievement data by measuring the South African curriculum-TIMSS alignment for the Grade 8 science assessments from 2007 to 2019. The Singapore curriculum--TIMSS alignment indices are a fair…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests
Strategies and Procedural and Conceptual Knowledge of Addition of Unlike Denominator Fractions: The Case of Grade 8 Children in Two Districts of the Central Region of Ghana
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Ebo Amuah; Ernest Kofi Davis – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2023
This study investigated children's knowledge of the addition of fractions with unlike denominators. It focussed on the strategies used by children to add fractions with unlike denominators. A cross-sectional survey of Grade 8 children in schools in two districts in Ghana was used. A test on the addition of fractions with unlike denominators was…
Descriptors: Fractions, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries