Opinions of the 8th Grade Students and Teachers Who Participated in TIMSS 2015 on the Test: “The Example of Ağri”

Year 2016, Special Issue 2016 II, 130 - 142, 01.02.2016

Pınar Ural Keleş Süleyman Aydın

https://doi.org/10.17275/per.16.spi.2.14

Abstract

TIMSS
(Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study), is an international
serway study that was held to evaluate the 
4^th and 8^th grade students’ knowledge and their
skills  in mathematics and science at
four-year intervals by International Educational Assessment Agency IEA Success
(International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement). In our
country TURKEY, the TIMSS studies are conducted by Ministry of National
Education (MoNE) Measurement, Evaluation and Examinations Services.  Shortly  Timss is defined as the researches of
international science and mathematics educations. This survey study is
conducted by the International Sudy center in BostonCollege- TIMSS PIRLS. The
research to which many country across the globe has participated is a project
which affects the education policies  of the participatory countries. The
aim of this study is to bring out the opinions of the 8th grade students who
attended timss 2015 and teachers about the exam. This study has been conducted under case study
approach. Case study method offers opportunities only in the case of searching
the subject in depth but holistically within the context. Moreover the case study method is suitable to design
and analyse for both quantitative and qualitative researches. The study was
conducted with 24 students studying in the relevant class of a secondary school
of Agri province centre where the exam is held and 6 teachers who give science
and mathematic lectures in this school and at the same time participated in
TIMSS activity as controllers. The data were collected through a queationnare
prepared by the researchers. The data obtained from the study were subjected  to descriptive and content analysis. In the
study analysis were presented seperately as descriptive analyse and content
analyse. As a result of the study, it was concluded that the students havent
adequately prepared for the timss exam due to teog exams, the questions were
hermeneutical rather than requiring knowledge and awareness level of the the
teachers are low

Keywords

TIMSS, Descriptive analysis, Science education, Students and teachers’ opinions, Case study

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