Month: November 2020

The Educational Research Centre (ERC) launches a new report on November 26th which examines the achievement of 15-year old students in DEIS schools. It is based on data collected for the OECD’s PISA study. The new report is a detailed national analysis that compares the achievements of students in DEIS and non-DEIS schools in 2018 and includes an analysis of changes in achievement over time in these two types of school settings.

Findings show that In PISA 2018, the average reading score in DEIS schools was at the level of the OECD average. Although average reading achievement is lower in DEIS than in non-DEIS schools, the difference between the two was smaller in 2018 than in 2009. In PISA 2018 mathematics and science, students in DEIS schools scored below the OECD average and also scored below students in non-DEIS schools.

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The Educational Research Centre (ERC) today launched a report describing the students’ perspectives on their school and on learning mathematics and science in Ireland.  It reports data collected for TIMSS 2015 (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study), one of the world’s largest studies of educational achievement, based on the responses of about 9000 students in Fourth Class and Second Year who took part in TIMSS 2015 in Ireland, with international comparisons. Topics include:

• Frequency of absence from school.
• Students’ sense of school belonging.
• Students’ attitudes towards mathematics and mathematics lessons.
• Students’ attitudes towards science and science lessons.
• Differences in attitudes between boys and girls.
• Differences in attitudes between Fourth Class and Second Year.
• Relationships between attitudes and the home learning environment.

 

It can be downloaded here.

The Educational Research Centre (ERC) today launched a report describing the home learning environment of students in Ireland.  It reports data collected for TIMSS 2015 (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study), one of the world’s largest studies of educational achievement, based on the responses of about 9000 students in Fourth Class and Second Year who took part in TIMSS 2015 in Ireland, as well as their teachers and the parents of Fourth Class students.

The report examines different aspects of the home learning environment, attitudes towards education, and education-related practices at home, with international comparisons. Topics include:

• Parents’ views of their child’s school.
• Parents’ attitudes to mathematics and science.
• Teachers’ reports of parental support for their child’s education.
• The availability of books, educational resources, and technology at home.
• Early literacy activities and early numeracy activities at home before children start school.
• Teachers’ reports on difficulties in the classroom related to poor nutrition and lack of sleep among students.
• Frequency and duration of homework.
• Participation in shadow education (grinds) outside school in mathematics and science, and whether such additional classes are ‘to excel’ or ‘to keep up’.

The report can be downloaded here.

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