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Table 9 Cognitive domains of the mathematics achievement tests
From: Linking the first- and second-phase IEA studies on mathematics and science
FIMS 1964 | SIMS 1980 | TIMSS 1995 |
• Knowledge and information • Techniques and skills • Translations of data into symbols or schema and vice versa • Comprehension • Inventiveness | • Computation (32.66) • Comprehension (33.67) • Application (28.14) • Analysis (5.53) | • Knowing (21.85) • Performing routine procedures (25.17) • Using complex procedures (21.19) • Solving problems (31.79) |
TIMSS 1999 | TIMSS 2003 | TIMSS 2007 |
• Knowing (18.52) • Using routine procedures (23.46) • Using complex procedures (24.07) • Investigating and solving problems (31.48) • Communicating and reasoning (2.47) | • Knowing (33.51) • Applying (47.94) • Reasoning (18.56) | • Knowing (37.67) • Applying (40.93) • Reasoning (21.40) |
TIMSS 2011 | TIMSS 2015 | TIMSS 2019 |
• Knowing (36.87) • Applying (39.17) • Reasoning (23.96) | • Knowing (32.55) • Applying (44.81) • Reasoning (22.64) | • Knowing (30.81) • Applying (45.97) • Reasoning (23.22) |