HOW DO OUR FOURTH GRADERS SCORE IN THE DIFFERENT CONTENT AREAS OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE?
Representing student achievement in mathematics and science as a total score is a useful way to summarize achievement. Mathematics and science, however, contain very different content areas, which are emphasized and sequenced differently in curricula around the world. Based on these national priorities, some content areas are emphasized more than others at a particular grade level. The TIMSS fourth-grade mathematics test included sets of items designed to sample students’ ability to do work in the following areas: • Whole Numbers (place value; ordering; comparing; problem-solving using addition, subtraction, and multiplication). • Fractions and Proportionality (recognition and work with fractions and decimals; word problems). • Measurement, Estimation, and Number Sense (common measures of size, time, temperature; rounding and estimation). • Data Representation, Analysis, and Probability (use of data in charts, tables, and graphs; basic concepts underlying probability). • Geometry (visu
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