Open AccessForces for Change in Mathematics Education: The Case of TIMSS
Author(s) -
Donald Macnab
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
education policy analysis archives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1068-2341
DOI - 10.14507/epaa.v8n15.2000
Subject(s) - mathematics education , curriculum , context (archaeology) , variety (cybernetics) , comparative education , selection (genetic algorithm) , pedagogy , political science , higher education , sociology , psychology , mathematics , computer science , geography , statistics , artificial intelligence , law , archaeology
The results of the Third International Study in Mathematics and Science Education (TIMSS) were published in 1996/7. Since that time the participating countries have reacted in a variety of ways to the comparative performance of their students. This article investigates the diverse effects these reactions have had on mathematics curricula and teaching methodologies in a selection of these countries, within the context of a wider analysis of the motivations which determine change in education.