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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2017.37.1.0009

Exploration of Features of Korean Eighth Grade Students' Achievement and Curriculum Matching in TIMSS 2015 Earth Science  

Kwak, Youngsun (Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.37, no.1, 2017 , pp. 9-16 More about this Journal
Abstract
The result of TIMSS 2015 was announced at the end of 2016. In this research, we conducted test-curriculum matching analysis for 8th grade earth science and analyzed Korean students' percentage of correct answers and responses for TIMSS earth science test items. According to the results, Korean students showed high percentage of correct answers when the item topics are covered in the 2009 revised science curriculum, and Korean students revealed their weakness in constructed response items since the percentage for correct answers on constructed response items is half that of multiple choice items. Depending on the earth science topic, for 'solid earth' area, which includes earth's structure and physical features, as well as earth's processes and history, students showed high percentage of correct answers for multiple choice items. Students, however, showed low percentage of correct answers for items that require applying knowledge to everyday situations and connecting with other areas of science such as biology. For 'atmosphere and ocean' areas, which include earth's processes and cycles, students showed low percentage of scores for climate comparison between regions, features of global warming, etc. For the area of 'universe', students showed high percentage of scores for the earth's rotation and revolution, the moon's gravity, and so on because they have learned these topics since primary school. Discussed in the conclusion are ways to secure content connection between the primary and middle school earth science curriculums, ways to develop students' science-inquiry related competencies, and so on to improve middle school earth science curriculum as well as teaching and learning.
Keywords
TIMSS; Earth science; Test-curriculum matching; Solid earth; Atmosphere and oceans; universe; Constructed response items;
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