Mathematics and Science Performance in the Middle School Years in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa. The Performance of Students in the Mpumalanga Province in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).

Human Sciences Research Council, 134 Pretorius Street, Private Bag X41, Pretoria, South Africa 0001.

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Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Intermediate Grades; Junior High Schools; Mathematics Education; Middle School Students; Middle Schools; Science Education; Tests

The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international study of mathematics and science achievement ever undertaken with more than 500,000 students in 41 countries being tested in mathematics and science at three different year levels. South Africa is the first country in Africa to have participated in and successfully completed such a comprehensive international survey in science and mathematics education. This report provides detailed information about TIMSS and highlights the results of the performance of middle school students in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa. (Contains 12 references.) (ASK)

1999

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