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Science Achievement in the Middle School Years: IEA's Third International Mathematics and Science Report
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Table
of Contents for the Science Report (this list contains
page numbers)
Executive
Summary
Introduction

Chapter
1: International Student Achievement in Science 
Chapter
2:Average Achievement in the Science Content Areas 
Chapter
3:Performance on Items Within Each Science Content Area 
Chapter
4: Students' Backgrounds and Attitudes Towards the Science's 
Chapter
5: Teachers and Instruction 
Appendix
A: Overview of TIMSS Procedures: Science Achievement Results for Seventh-
and Eighth-Grade Students 
Appendix
B: The Test-Curriculum Matching Analysis 
Appendix
C: Selected Science Achievements Results for the Philippines 
Appendix
D: Selected Science Achievement Results for Denmark, Sweden, and Switzerland
(German-Speaking) - Eighth Grade 
Appendix
E: Percentiles and Standard Deviations of Science Achievement 
Appendix
F: Acknowledgements
Highlights
of Results from TIMSS
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