The purpose of this paper is to describe mathematics achievement of grade 4 students in Serbia, based on TIMSS 2015 results, as well as to compare it to the achievement obtained in TIMSS 2011. The achievement in TIMSS 2015 ...

In the modern world, science literacy is considered to be one of the key competencies that should be developed during education and it is emphasized that a certain degree of understanding of sciences is necessary, so ...

Academic self-concept and intrinsic motivation for mathematics and science are the constructs used in TIMSS 2015 to operationalize students’ self-beliefs on the competencies as important predictors of achievement in ...

In this chapter, the results obtained under the TIMSS 2015 concerning professional characteristics of teachers and their practice with fourth graders in mathematics and science classes are analyzed. Apart from descriptive data ...

TIMSS is a project of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) whose implementation is managed by TIMSS and PIRLS International Research Centre from Boston College. TIMSS (Trends ...

If observed in the school context in the first place, overall student achievement could depend on relation between language, mathematical and science literacy. For that matter, the aim of the research presented in this ...

This work deals with characteristic analyses of elementary school fourth graders who accomplished the highest achievement in TIMSS 2015 in Serbia in order to identify and better understand their personal and context ...

The starting point of this paper is the conception that academic achievement, education aspirations, and life chances of students are determinated by cultural capital of a family, but also the attitude that school ...

In this paper we present the initial data analyses regarding home environment characteristics that included information from: 1. students’ questionnaire; and 2. early learning survey (parental questionnaire attained for ...