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Singapore students’ trend in the performance in mathematics by gender in TIMSS 2003 and 2007
Citation
Boey, K. L., & Dindyal, J. (2010, August). Singapore students’ trend in the performance in mathematics by gender in TIMSS 2003 and 2007 [Paper presentation]. 5th East Asia Regional Conference on Mathematics Education, Tokyo, Japan.
Author
Boey, Kok Leong
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Dindyal, Jaguthsing
Abstract
In this study we report the secondary analysis of the gender-related data from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study in 2003 and 2007 (TIMSS 2003 & 2007) for Singapore students in Mathematics. It was noted that girls in Singapore performed significantly better than boys in TIMSS 2007 at both grades 4 and 8 in mathematics. Similar results for mathematics were obtained in the TIMSS 2003 whereby, in addition, girls from Singapore performed better than boys in all reported content domains at grades 4 and 8.
Date Issued
2010
Description
This paper was presented at the 5th East Asia Regional Conference on Mathematics Education, held in Tokyo, Japan from 18 – 22 Aug 2010