IEA Research for Education Series
This series of in-depth, peer-reviewed thematic reports investigates critical questions concerning educational policies and educational research. Publications are based on secondary analyses of IEA data and the goal is to encourage international dialogue focusing on policy matters and technical evaluation procedures. The series is open access and published by Springer.
2020
Exploring Data from TIMSS and TIMSS Advanced (including supplementary materials)
IEA Research for Education Volume 9 explores the nature and extent of students’ misconceptions and misunderstandings related to core concepts in physics and mathematics and physics across grades four, eight and 12. Twenty years of TIMSS data are analyzed for countries who participated in all, or almost all, TIMSS and TIMSS Advanced Assessments between 1995 and 2015.
Understanding IEA’s Comparative Studies of Student Achievement
IEA Research for Education Volume 10 reviews the development of the quality control mechanisms and methodologies associated with IEA’s extensive program of educational research. A group of renowned international researchers, directly involved in the design and execution of IEA’s international large-scale assessments (ILSAs), describe the operational and quality control procedures that are employed to address the challenges associated with providing high-quality, comparable data.
2019
An in-depth analysis of data from ICILS
IEA Research for Education Volume 8 investigates gender differences in students' use of, perceptions about, and proficiency in using computer technologies based on ICILS 2013 data. Teachers’ use of computers, and their perceptions regarding the benefits of computer use in education, are also analyzed by gender.
Exploring Student Clusters Across Countries and Time
IEA Research for Education Volume 7 presents a person-centered exploration of student profiles, using variables related to motivation to do school mathematics derived from TIMSS data. This approach broadens our understanding about the role that motivation characteristics play in learning and achievement in mathematics.
Analyzing teacher characteristics, behaviors and student outcomes with TIMSS
IEA Research for Education Volume 6 uses TIMSS data (1995-2015) to examine the interrelationship of national policy, teacher effectiveness, and student outcomes with a specific emphasis on educational equity.
Evidence from Twenty Years of TIMSS
IEA Research for Education Volume 5. This study addresses an important research and policy question by examining changes in the inequality of educational outcomes due to family socioeconomic status over a 20-year period using TIMSS data from 1995-2015.
2018
IEA Research for Education Volume 4. Provides a significant and timely investigation into the impacts that globalization has exerted on science curricula in a diverse range of countries using TIMSS data (1995 to 2015). Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, this book considers the extent to which there have been changes to the intended and implemented science curricula in different countries over 20 years.
IEA Research for Education Volume 3 identifies factors and conditions that can help schools and education systems promote tolerance in a globalized world. Using ICCS data, advanced analytical methods provide insights into relationships between students’ attitudes towards cultural diversity and the characteristics of the students themselves, their families, their teachers and school principals.
2016
Relationships Across Countries, Cohorts and Time
IEA Research for Education Volume 2. Uses TIMSS data to offer insights on how teacher quality and instructional quality influence student outcomes in mathematics across countries, grades and time
IEA Research for Education Volume 1
IEA Research for Education Volume 1. Offers insights on how parental involvement and parental help with homework affect student reading literacy across countries and cultures