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001 2007026952
003 DLC
005 20090828083234.0
008 070627s2007 dcua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007026952
020 $a9780815753346 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0815753349 (cloth : alk. paper)
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020 $a0815753330 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn150255977
035 $a(OCoLC)150255977
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050 00 $aQA135.6$b.L47 2007
082 00 $a510.71$222
245 00 $aLessons learned :$bwhat international assessments tell us about math achievement /$cTom Loveless, editor.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bBrookings Institution Press,$cc2007.
300 $aix, 275 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
520 $a"Examines student performance in mathematics, using the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study database to address pressing questions about school policy and educational research, including major lessons learned from TIMSS testing, comparison of math curricula across nations, effect of technology in the classroom, and progress of popular math reforms abroad"--Provided by publisher.
505 0 $aIntroduction : secondary analysis of data from international assessments / Tom Loveless -- TIMSS in perspective : lessons learned from IEA's four decades of international mathematics assessments / Ina V. S. Mullis and Michael O. Martin -- Understanding causal influences on educational achievement through analysis of differences over time within countries / Jan-Eric Gustafsson -- Lack of focus in the the mathematics curriculum : symptom or cause? / William H. Schmidt and Richard T. Houang -- U.S. algebra performance in an international context / Jeremy Kilpatrick, Vilma Mesa, and Finbarr Sloane -- What can TIMSS surveys tell us about mathematics reforms in the United States during the 1990s? / Laura S. Hamilton and José Felipe Martínez -- School size and student achievement in TIMSS 2003 / Gabriela Schütz -- Examining educational technology and achievement through latent variable modeling / Elena C. Papanastasiou and Efi Paparistodemou -- Comparisons between PISA and TIMSS--are we the man with two watches? / Dougal Hutchison and Ian Schagen.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aMathematics$xStudy and teaching$xEvaluation$vDatabases.
650 0 $aMathematical ability$xTesting$vDatabases.
650 0 $aMathematics teachers$xEvaluation$vDatabases.
650 0 $aScience$xStudy and teaching$xEvaluation$vDatabases.
650 0 $aScience teachers$xEvaluation$vDatabases.
650 0 $aScience$xAbility testing$vDatabases.
610 20 $aInternational Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement$xExaminations.
700 1 $aLoveless, Tom,$d1954-
710 2 $aTIMSS International Study Center.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0721/2007026952.html