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Table 8 Content areas of the science achievement tests
From: Linking the first- and second-phase IEA studies on mathematics and science
FISS 1970 | SISS 1984 | TIMSS 1995 |
• Biology (23.75) • Chemistry (23.75) • Physics (27.50) • Practical (25.00) | • Biology (32.86) • Chemistry (21.43) • Physics (32.86) • Earth science (12.86) | • Life science (29.63) • Chemistry (14.07) • Physics (29.63) • Earth science (16.30) • Environmental issues and the nature of science (10.37) |
TIMSS 1999 | TIMSS 2003 | TIMSS 2007 |
• Life science (27.40) • Chemistry (13.70) • Physics (26.71) • Earth science (15.07) • Environmental and resource issues (8.90) • Scientific inquiry and the nature of science (8.22) | • Life science (28.57) • Chemistry (16.40) • Physics (24.34) • Earth science (16.40) • Environmental science (14.29) | • Biology (35.51) • Chemistry (19.63) • Physics (25.70) • Earth science (19.16) |
TIMSS 2011 | TIMSS 2015 | TIMSS 2019 |
• Biology (36.41) • Chemistry (20.28) • Physics (25.35) • Earth science (17.97) | • Biology (34.09) • Chemistry (20.00) • Physics (25.45) • Earth science (25.45) | • Biology (35.00) • Chemistry (20.00) • Physics (25.00) • Earth science (20.00) |