Science Benchmarking Report TIMSS 1999–Eighth Grade

 

 

 

REFERENCE 1: Students' Backgrounds and Attitudes Towards Science

 

Exhibit R1.1 Educational Aids in the Home: Dictionary, Study Desk/Table, and Computer

Exhibit R1.2 Number of Books in the Home

Exhibit R1.3 Highest Level of Education of Either Parent

Exhibit R1.4 Country Modifications to the Definitions of Educational Levels for Parents' Education or Students' Expectations for Finishing School

Exhibit R1.5 Students' Perception of the Importance of Various Activities

Exhibit R1.6 Students' Perception of Their Mothers' View of the Importance of Various Activities

Exhibit R1.7 Students' Perception of Their Friends' View of the Importance of Various Activities

Exhibit R1.8 Why Students Need to Do Well in the Sciences

Exhibit R1.9 Students' Daily Out-of-School Study Time

Exhibit R1.10 Students' Daily Leisure Time

Exhibit R1.11 Students' Reports That Science Is Not One of Their Strengths

Exhibit R1.12 Students' Liking the Sciences


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