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KMID : 1059520080520050536
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Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
2008 Volume.52 No. 5 p.536 ~ p.549
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A Comparative Analysis of Korean Middle School Students’ Achievement with Other Asian Countries in Chemistry in TIMSS 2003
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Kim Ji-Young
Kim Kyung-Hee
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to analyze Korean middle school students’ achievement in chemistry based on the TIMSS 2003. Korean student showed significantly lower achievement than Singapore, Hong Kong, Chinese- Taipei and Japan in chemistry. A boy student of Korean and Japan showed significantly higher achievement than a girl student. Singapore performed well in ‘Particulate structure of matter’ and Chinese-Taipei in ‘Chemical Change’, ‘Acid and base’. Three chemistry topics of ‘Particulate structure of matter’, ‘Acid and base’ and ‘Chemical change’ are not included in the Korean science curriculum through 8th grade, even though they are included in most other nations’ curriculum. Korea student showed relatively higher achievement than comparative country in items that related to solubility. The other side, Korea student showed relatively lower achievement than comparative country in items that related to a definition of particles, a property of metal, a definition of inquiry process skills, combustion, distinction between physical and chemical change. Korean student showed relatively higher gender difference than comparative country in item that related to particulate structure of matter, Korean male students outperformed female student in item that related to particulate structure of matter and combustion. Korean female students outperformed Korean male student in item that related to classification of metal and nonmetal, distinction between physical and chemical change.
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KEYWORD
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TIMSS 2003, Chemistry, Science Curriculum, Middle School Student
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