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This book describes a number of international comparative studies of pupils' achievement, and examines the factors associated with successful teaching and learning and with school effectiveness. It describes the usefulness of such studies for policy makers, test designers, researchers and teachers, while offering a realistic and critical account of their limitations. Both large and small scale studies are considered, and particular attention is given to the contribution that international comparative research can make to raising the standards of work, especially in school science and mathematics, in different educational systems.
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LEARNING FROM OTHERS
Science & Technology Education Library VOLUME 8 SERIES EDITOR Ken Tobin, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA EDITORIAL BOARD Dale Baker, Arizona State University,Tempe, USA Beverley Bell, University of Waikato,Hamilton,New Zealand Reinders Duit, University of Kiel, Germany Mariona Espinet, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain Barry Fraser, Curtin University of Technology,Perth, Australia Olugbemiro Jegede, The Open University,Hong Koag Reuven Lazarowitz, Technion,Haifa, Israel Wolff-Michael Roth, University of Victoria,Canada Tuan Hsiao-lin, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan , Lilia Reyes Herrera, Universidad Auto noma de Colombia,Bogota, Colombia SCOPE The book series Science & Technology Education Library provides a publication forum for scholarship in science and technology education. It aims to publish innovative books which are at the forefront of the field. Monographs as well as collections of papers will be published.
Learning from Others International Comparisons in Education
Edited by
DIANE SHORROCKS-TAYLOR and
EDGAR W. JENKINS University of Leeds, U.K.
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS NEW YORK / BOSTON / DORDRECHT
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LONDON / MOSCOW
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CONTENTS
Introduction Diane Shorrocks-Taylor, University of Leeds, UK 1.
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International Comparisons of Pupil Performance: A n Introduction and Discussion Diane Shorrocks-Taylor, University of Leeds, UK
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International Comparisons of Student Achievement: Perspectives from the TIMSS International Study Center Michael O Martin and Ina V S Mullis, Boston College, USA
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Diversity of Purpose in International Assessments: Issues arising f r o m the TIMSS Tests of Mathematics and Science Graham Orpwood, York University, Canada
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Monitoring Student Knowledge and Skills: The O E C D Programme f o r International Student Assessment Andreas Schleicher, OECD/SEELSA, Paris
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International Comparisons - What really matters? Julian Elliott and Neil Hufton, University of Sunderland,UK and Leonid Illushin, Hertzen University, St Petersburg, Russia
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World Class Schools: Some Preliminary Methodological Findings from the International School Effectiveness Research Project (ISERP) David Reynolds, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, Bert Creemers, GION, The Netherlands, S a m Stringfield, Johns Hopkins University, USA and Charles Teddlie, Louisiana State University, USA
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