Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2011: School background questionnaire (BCG) - South Africa as one of more than 60 countries

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Description: This dataset contains the responses of principals when asked questions referring to the background of the schools. All principals were required to complete this questionnaire

This data set contains 121 variables and 285 cases. Abstract: TIMSS is a cross-national assessment of mathematics and science knowledge of fourth and eighth grades. It is conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) every four years since 1995. South Africa took part in four cycles of TIMSS namely; in 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2011 with fieldwork being conducted in September of 2011. The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) conducted the study in 285 schools and assessed 11969 learners across South Africa. To prevent a cluster of scores at the lower end of the scale and to ensure sufficient variance in the data for robust analyses; TIMSS was administered to grade 9 learners in South Africa. As part of the TIMSS study mathematics and science tests and background questionnaires are administered to an intact grade 9 class within a sampled school. TIMSS uses the results from the tests and questionnaires which are administered to learners, teachers and principals to determine the achievement scores as well as the factors associated with academic success.

More specifically, the database includes the following for each country for which internationally comparable data are available:

Students' responses to each of the mathematics and science items administered in the study

Student achievement scores in mathematics and science

Students' responses to the student questionnaires

Teachers' responses to the teacher questionnaires

Principals' responses to the school questionnaires

Self-completion

Department of Basic Education Master list of schools

Department of Basic Education Master list of schools database served as the sampling frame. 298 schools sampled and 285 schools realised providing a realisation of 95.6%. The TIMSS sampling design is a two-stage stratified cluster design:

Selecting a sample of schools from all eligible schools; Randomly selecting a mathematics and science intact class from each sampled school;

The sample was explicitly stratified by:

province; the language of teaching and learning (English, Afrikaans and dual medium); school type (Public Dinaledi and Independent); and

Implicitly stratified by:

quintile (school poverty index); and location (urban or rural).

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.14749/1400827564
Metadata Access https://api.datacite.org/dois/10.14749/1400827564
Provenance
Creator Reddy, Vijiyaluxmi; Department Of Basic Education, Human Sciences Research Council
Publisher HSRC - Human Science Research Council SA
Contributor Department Of Basic Education; Human Sciences Research Council
Publication Year 2013
Funding Reference South African National Department of Basic Education
Rights Other; By accessing the data, you give assurance that The data and documentation will not be duplicated, redistributed or sold without prior approval from the HSRC. The data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only and the confidentiality of individuals/organisations in the data will be preserved at all times and that no attempt will be made to obtain or derive information relating specifically to identifiable individuals/organisations. The HSRC will be informed of any books, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, reports or other publications resulting from work based in whole or in part on the data and documentation. The HSRC will be acknowledged in all published and unpublished works based on the data according to the citation as stated in the study information file or the web page metadata field, citation. For archiving and bibliographic purposes an electronic copy of all reports and publications based on the requested data will be sent to the HSRC. The collector of the data, the HSRC, and the relevant funding agencies bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses. By retrieval of the data you signify your agreement to comply with the above-stated terms and conditions and give your assurance that the use of statistical data obtained from the HSRC will conform to widely-accepted standards of practice and legal restrictions that are intended to protect the confidentiality of respondents. Failure to comply with the above is considered infringement of the intellectual property rights of the HSRC.
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Resource Type Dataset
Version 1.0
Discipline Social Sciences
Spatial Coverage South Africa