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Highlights From the TIMSS 1999 Video Study of Eighth-Grade Science Teaching
NCES 2006-017
April 2006
Introduction
Who Participated in the Study?
How Should Science Teaching Be Described?
How Were the Lessons Analyzed?
What Can Be Learned?
What Are the Major Findings?
How is Teaching Science Approached in Each Country?
Do Higher-Achieving Countries Share Any Commonalities?
Summary
List of Tables and Figures
List of Video Clips
References
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Patrick Gonzales
List of Video Clips
Australia 3.7 - Whole-class practical activity
Australia 5.1 - Activities without content development
Australia 7.11 - Interpreting data
Czech Republic 11.4 - Assessing student learning
Czech Republic 5.7 - Teaching challenging content
Czech Republic 11.5 - Students working publicly
Japan 6.3 - Content supported by evidence in form of visual representations
Japan 5.3 - Making connections through inquiry
Japan 7.10 - Making predictions
Netherlands 4.2 - Real-life issues
Netherlands 9.4 - Writing about science
Netherlands 11.7 - Students self-pacing on long-term assignments
United States 5.4 - Acquiring algorithms and techniques
United States 6.2 - Content supported by evidence in form of phenomena
United States 10.3 - Using motivating activities
United States 10.4 - Using motivating activities
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