IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/tec/journl/v14y2020i1p753-760.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Comparison of the content of Data display domain (TIMSS 2015) in Slovak and Singapore primary mathematics curriculum

Author

Listed:
  • Lenka Valentova

    (Catholic University in Ruzomberok, Faculty of Education, Slovakia)

  • Alexandra Puncova

    (Catholic University in Ruzomberok, Faculty of Education, Slovakia)

Abstract

International benchmark assessments have been a measure of a success of an education system for several decades [1]. They provide data for evaluating the knowledge of students of different ages in the given subjects, and offer us a unique opportunity to compare the performance of students in the Slovak Republic with the performance of students in other countries of the world. The TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) has monitored trends in mathematics and science achievement at the fourth and eighth grades since 1995. The latest released results of the study are from 2015. Each of assessment frameworks for TIMSS 2015 was organized around two dimensions: Content dimension (the subject matter) and Cognitive dimension (the thinking processes). In the Content dimension of mathematics, three content domains were assessed: Numbers, Geometric shapes and measures, and Data display. Slovak 10-year-old students achieved 492 points in TIMSS 2015 - Data display domain, which is incomparable with 600 points of Singapore 4th grade students [3]. In Slovakia, in addition to international testings, since 2015 the National Institute of Certified Educational Measurements (NICEM) [2] has also been organizing nationwide testings of 5th grade students - T5. In T5 from mathematics, five thematic units are represented, including The solution of application tasks and tasks developing specific mathematical thinking - which is comparable to the domain of the Data display in TIMSS. From the results (52,06 % in 2019), it is clear that statistical literacy is a major problem for Slovak 5th grade students. These facts led us to review the Singapore and Slovak curricula focusing on the display of the Data display domain, and to compare the content of education in the domain in Slovakia and Singapore with TIMSS 2015 mathematical framework.

Suggested Citation

  • Lenka Valentova & Alexandra Puncova, 2020. "Comparison of the content of Data display domain (TIMSS 2015) in Slovak and Singapore primary mathematics curriculum," Technium Social Sciences Journal, Technium Science, vol. 14(1), pages 753-760, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:tec:journl:v:14:y:2020:i:1:p:753-760
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://techniumscience.com/index.php/socialsciences/article/download/2118/874
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://techniumscience.com/index.php/socialsciences/article/view/2118
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    Data display; Mathematics; Primary education; Singapore; Slovak republic; TIMSS; T5;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:tec:journl:v:14:y:2020:i:1:p:753-760. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Tasente Tanase (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.