TIMSS Advanced 2015 Framework
Assessment or survey framework
The curriculum in advanced mathematics and physics (overarching concept)
- The intended curriculum (the advanced mathematics and physics that society intends students to learn; characteristics of the education programs or tracks that facilitate this learning)
- The implemented curriculum (the advanced mathematics and physics that are taught; characteristics of teaching and teachers)
- The achieved curriculum (the advanced mathematics and physics that students have learned; their attitudes towards the respective subjects)
The advanced mathematics assessment framework
- Content dimension
- Algebra
- Calculus
- Geometry
- Cognitive dimension
- Knowing
- Applying
- Reasoning
The physics assessment framework
- Content dimension
- Mechanics and thermodynamics
- Electricity and magnetism
- Wave phenomena and atomic/nuclear physics
- Cognitive dimension
- Knowing
- Applying
- Reasoning
Contextual or background framework
National and community contexts (i.e., cultural, social, political, and economic factors)
- Economic resources
- Organization and structure of the educational system
- Admission or recruitment into specialized STEM programs
- Intended advanced mathematics and physics curricula
- Teachers and teacher education
- Administration of high-stakes summative examinations
School contexts
- School composition by student socioeconomic background
- Instruction affected by resource shortages
- Teacher career satisfaction and teacher retention
- Principal leadership
- School climate
Classroom contexts
- Teacher preparation and experience
- TIMSS Advanced 2015 advanced mathematics and physics topics taught
- Classroom instructional resources and technology
- Instructional time
- Instructional engagement
Student characteristics and attitudes toward learning
- Educational and career intentions
- Student motivation to learn advanced mathematics and physics
- Expectations for educational attainment
- Home resources for learning
- Home use of language(s) of instruction
- Student gender
- Tutoring
Sources - Assessment Framework(s)