Adaptation of published mathematical problems of the fourth grade of the 2019 TIMSS study with the content and problems of Iranian and Japanese mathematics textbooks

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1 Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of science Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University

2 Master of Science in Mathematics Education,,, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University

10.22034/jei.2024.381325.2550

Abstract

Participating in comparative international studies such as TIMSS, which examines and compares efficiency and effectiveness of curricula and textbooks of different countries, is a method to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the textbooks of the participating countries. Since Japan, like Iran, is located in Asian and has a national curriculum, but in different periods of TIMSS study, it has a higher performance than Iran, so it was chosen to compare with Iran. The aim of the research is to compare the published problems of TIMSS 2019 with the content and problems of the first to fourth grade mathematics textbooks of Iran and Japan and compare the performance of the two countries in this study. The statistical population is the mathematics textbooks of the first to fourth grades of Iran and Japan, as well as the 10 published problems of TIMSS 2019, which were done in a descriptive-analytical-comparative way. The research tool is content analysis forms whose formal and content validity have been confirmed by mathematics education experts. The results showed that 6 problems out of these 10 problems have similar examples in Iranian and Japanese textbooks have 5 problems similar to these 10 problems. Also, the research showed that regardless of whether the content and problems are familiar or not, whether a similar problem is presented or not, the problem is presented with the cognitive domain of knowledge or reasoning, the percentage of correct responses of Iranian fourth grade students has always been lower than Japanese fourth grade students.

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  • Receive Date: 14 January 2023
  • Revise Date: 12 August 2023
  • Accept Date: 08 May 2024

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