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Study title

International Study of Achievement in Mathematics (Belgium, England, Finland, France, Netherlands, Israel, Japan, Scotland, Sweden, United States, Germany, Australia)

Creator

Husen, Torsten (Council of the International Project for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement)
UNESCO-Institut, Hamburg

Study number / PID

ZA0501, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.0501 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

International comparative study on the influence of types of school on the attitudes of the schoolchildren to mathematics and their achievements in this subject. Topics: The data set contains three parts: 1. Schoolchildren data: mathematics tests: solving algebraic and trigonometric tasks; attitude to school and learning; attitude to mathematics; learning difficulties in mathematics; attitude to mathematics instruction and description of the mathematics instruction; significance of mathematics in society; attitude to surroundings; occupational goal; class size; tutor help; learning progress. 2. Teacher survey: manner of qualification for mathematics instruction; place of education; judgement on the significance of mathematics for the education of schoolchildren. 3. School principals: type and size of school; number of mathematics teachers; average class size; equipment of the school. Demography: age; sex; school education; social origins; city size.

Topics

Higher and further educationCompulsory and pre-school education

Keywords

MathematicsKnowledgeMathematics instructionSchoolTeacher trainingTeaching method

Methodology

Data collection period

01/1964 - 06/1964

Country

Belgium, Finland, France, Netherlands, Israel, Japan, Sweden, United States of America, Germany, Australia

Time dimension

Cross-section

Analysis unit

Not available

Universe

Not available

Sampling procedure

Probability: Multistage
Different sampling procedure in Germany: Mixed probability and non-probability

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Measurements and tests
Face-to-face interview: Paper-and-pencil (PAPI)
Oral survey with standardized questionnaire as well as written tests.

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1964

Terms of data access

A - Data and documents are released for academic research and teaching.

Related publications

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