Appendix E. Standard Errors

Table E1--Standard errors for TIMSS Videotape Classroom Study estimates shown in figures, by country


Figure
Category
Germany
Japan
United States
Percentage very nervous
3.93
3.75
4.13
Percentage somewhat nervous
4.40
5.86
4.18
Percentage not very nervous
4.25
2.73
5.86
Percentage not at all nervous
3.14
3.63
6.17
Better than usual
1.58
2.52
2.55
Same as usual
5.03
6.60
4.82
Worse than usual
4.82
7.07
4.80
Teaching methods
0.07
0.09
0.09
Students' behavior
0.09
0.05
0.10
Tools/materials
0.06
0.08
0.09
Lesson as whole
0.05
0.06
0.08
Grade level of content
0.24
0.19
0.29
All review
2.62
0
4.79
Mostly review
6.70
1.90
4.43
Half/half
6.04
8.09
4.99
Mostly new
6.09
7.59
4.61
All new
4.10
5.74
5.54
Skills
7.85
6.19
8.07
Thinking
6.32
6.49
5.77
Social
1.80
0
3.85
Test prep
0
0
2.58
Can't tell
3.15
1.75
3.38
Number of topics
0.07
0.08
0.21
Number of topic segments
0.09
0.08
0.33
Concepts only
3.75
5.41
1.15
Applications only
4.03
4.74
6.84
Both concepts and applications
4.80
7.26
6.92
Developed
5.26
7.11
8.56
Stated
5.26
7.11
8.56
Increase
3.69
9.54
5.54
Same/decrease
3.69
9.54
5.54
Percentage containing teacher-presented alternative solution methods
2.84
3.08
5.72
Percentage containing student-presented alternative solution methods
4.29
8.69
2.90
Number of teacher-presented alternative solution methods
0.04
0.04
0.15
Number of student-presented alternative solution methods
0.14
0.36
0.07
Number of principles/properties
0.17
0.21
0.24
Number of definitions
0.11
0.15
0.38
Number of nodes
0.61
0.35
0.72
Number of links
0.74
0.39
1.02
1 Component
6.14
5.73
7.48
2 Components
5.41
3.09
10.65
More than 2 components
5.95
4.83
7.88
1 Leaf
8.99
9.81
8.44
2 Leaves
8.73
8.73
9.37
More than 2 leaves
8.71
4.83
7.46
Percentage containing illustrations
7.95
9.72
13.45
Percentage containing motivations
9.96
10.75
4.79
Percentage containing increase in complexity on nodes
8.02
3.89
2.80
Percentage containing deductive reasoning on nodes
8.47
6.54
0
Percentage containing links coded as increase in complexity
5.38
12.41
2.80
Percentage containing links coded as necessary for result/process
7.54
10.11
8.37
Number of codes per node
0.04
0.09
0.04
Number of codes per link
0.06
0.13
0.04
More single-step tasks
9.01
4.83
8.96
Equal numbers of single- and multi-step tasks
8.67
7.04
6.79
More multi-step tasks
10.41
7.90
11.13
All task controlled tasks
10.96
9.13
7.78
Task and solver controlled tasks
9.08
14.13
6.11
All solver controlled tasks
5.99
15.25
4.69
Low quality math content
8.33
7.49
5.63
Medium quality math content
7.58
11.04
5.63
High quality math content
7.73
8.51
0
Desks in rows
3.66
3.50
4.17
Desks in groups
3.42
3.50
4.25
Desks in U-shape
2.38
0
1.91
Desks in U with rows
3.62
0
1.31
Desks in other configuration
8.29
0
2.03
Lessons with outside interruptions
2.61
0
6.75
Number of organizational segments
0.23
0.55
0.52
Number of classwork segments
0.12
0.25
0.25
Number of seatwork segments
0.11
0.31
0.26
Percentage of time spent in classwork
1.69
2.23
2.66
Percentage of time spent in seatwork
1.87
2.25
2.61
Duration of classwork segments
0.93
0.72
1.36
Duration of seatwork segments
0.49
0.56
0.72
Percentage of seatwork time spent working individually
3.16
4.68
4.66
Percentage of seatwork time spent working in groups
2.33
4.68
4.16
Percentage of seatwork time spent working in mixed individual/group segments
2.15
0
2.28
Percentage of lessons in which only individual seatwork occurred
4.65
5.40
6.24
Percentage of lessons in which only seatwork in groups occurred
0.07
5.65
3.37
Percentage of lessons in which both individual and group seatwork occurred
4.05
7.09
5.61
Percentage of lessons in which no seatwork occurred
2.25
0
1.58
Number of activity segments
0.35
0.77
0.93
Percentage of time spent on unrelated activities
0.08
0.13
0.40
Percentage of lessons containing segments of unrelated activities
2.11
4.62
6.26
Percentage of lessons containing segments of working on homework
1.56
0
5.12
Percentage of lessons containing segments sharing homework
4.35
3.19
7.00
Percentage of time spent on teacher talk/demonstration
0.25
1.13
1.25
Percentage of lessons containing time spent on teacher talk/demonstration
3.75
6.55
5.60
Percentage of time spent working on task and/or situations
2.48
1.35
2.76
Duration of time spent on working on task/situation
0.78
0.43
0.94
Percentage of time spent working on task/situation in classwork
2.74
2.62
3.56
Percentage of time spent working on task/situation in seatwork
1.80
2.34
2.49
Percentage of time spent on setting up task and/or situations
0.44
1.02
0.63
Percentage of time spent on sharing task and/or situations
1.29
1.57
1.43
Percentage of topics including development with seatwork
4.91
6.15
20.05
Percentage of topics including development that include actual development of concepts during a seatwork
4.80
6.44
8.36
Percentage of lessons with chalkboard used
2.58
0
5.84
Percentage of lessons with overhead projector used
3.04
1.95
5.53
Percentage of lessons with worksheets
4.18
7.62
4.94
Percentage of lessons with textbook
4.68
1.83
5.18
Percentage of lessons with computers
0
4.13
2.45
Percentage of lessons with calculator
2.04
0
6.94
Percentage of lessons with manipulatives
3.30
7.14
3.74
Percentage of lessons with math tools
5.55
5.74
4.62
Percentage of lessons with posters
1.01
4.07
0.76
Percentage of lessons with chalkboards used by students
4.50
8.02
5.91
Percentage of lessons with overheads used by students
9.49
0
8.76
Percentage of T/S/PPD remaining on chalkboard
5.45
2.76
8.07
Percentage of T/S/PPD erased from chalkboard
5.45
2.76
8.07
Percentage of manipulatives in each lesson used by teacher only
9.85
15.07
11.06
Percentage of manipulatives used by students only
8.75
4.18
14.98
Percentage of manipulatives used by both teachers and students
9.71
14.97
14.05
Percentage of time in seatwork/working on task/situation segments spent working on one task/one situation
4.98
5.30
6.64
Percentage of time in seatwork/working on task/situation segments spent working on multiple task/one situation
3.55
3.26
2.49
Percentage of time in seatwork/working on task/situation segments spent working on one task/multiple situations
5.16
5.08
6.40
Percentage of time in seatwork/working on task/situation segments spent working on multiple tasks/multiple situations
4.18
3.94
5.99
Percentage of seatwork spent in practice procedure
2.53
3.59
2.11
Percentage of seatwork spent in application of concepts
1.67
6.43
2.05
Percentage of seatwork spent in inventing new solutions and thinking
1.76
6.47
0.70
Percent of utterances made by the teacher
1.20
1.91
1.23
Percent of words spoken by the teacher
1.54
2.18
1.20
Utterances coded as information
0.27
0.99
0.54
Utterances coded as elicitation
0.24
0.58
0.31
Utterances coded as direction
0.31
0.42
0.24
Utterances coded as uptake
0.18
0.27
0.23
Utterances coded as teacher response
0.11
0.06
0.14
Utterances coded as provide answer
0.03
0.01
0.03
Utterances coded as student response
0.29
0.49
0.31
Utterances coded as student elicitation
0.13
0.08
0.14
Utterances coded as student information
0.22
0.19
0.21
Utterances coded as student direction
0.03
0
0.05
Utterances coded as student uptake
0.03
0.06
0.03
Length of student response measured by number of words
0.38
0.85
0.19
Number of utterances coded as content teacher elicitation
0.23
0.41
0.28
Number of utterances coded as interactional teacher elicitation
0.10
0.21
0.15
Number of utterances coded as metacognitive teacher elicitation
0.08
0.11
0.12
Number of utterances coded as evaluative teacher elicitation
0.05
0.23
0.09
Number of utterances coded as other teacher elicitation
0.06
0.08
0.11
Number of utterances coded as Name/State content elicitation
0.28
0.37
0.30
Number of utterances coded as Yes/No content elicitation
0.10
0.05
0.17
Number of utterances coded as describe/explain content elicitation
0.13
0.28
0.03
Number of codes per minute of classwork
0.52
1.05
1.51
Number of Elicitation-Response sequences per minute of classwork
0.15
0.12
0.24
Percentage of initial elicitations, Name/State Fact
3.58
2.64
2.00
Percentage of initial elicitations, Yes/No Fact
0.83
2.10
2.27
Percentage of initial elicitations, Describe/Explain Fact
3.64
0.79
0.88
Percentage of initial elicitations,Name/State Individual Ideas
0.52
0.77
0.07
Percentage of initial elicitations, Yes/No Individual Ideas
0
0.64
0.07
Percentage of initial elicitations, Describe/Explain Individual Ideas
0.67
1.00
1.61
Percentage of external links
7.97
6.17
10.47
Percentage of internal links
11.73
3.88
8.88
Not at all aware
2.18
4.66
0
Not very aware
3.78
8.37
2.29
Somewhat aware
3.84
12.32
6.60
Very aware
3.41
3.84
6.57
Percentage of teachers who mentioned School-Based Programs
6.44
5.94
6.96
Percentage of teachers who mentioned External Seminars
5.62
0
7.19
Percentage of teachers who mentioned Information from Colleagues
5.66
4.69
6.18
Percentage of teachers who mentioned Publications
3.20
5.10
4.13
Percentage of teachers who mentioned other sources
3.04
4.57
1.12
Not at all in accord
0
4.37
3.22
A little in accord
7.03
4.10
5.88
A fair amount in accord
7.03
3.10
7.63
A lot in accord
0
0
5.14

 

 

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Third International Mathematics and Science Study, Videotape Classroom Study, 1994-95.

 

Table E2.--Standard errors for figure 84, TIMSS Videotape Classroom Study, by reform position


Category
Reformers
Non-Reformers
Individual seatwork only
11.70
10.93
Group seatwork only
6.52
10.01
Both individual and group seatwork
13.78
6.23
No seatwork
0
0

 

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Third International Mathematics and Science Study, Videotape Classroom Study, 1994-95.

 

 

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