Read the following overview of Singapore's education system: http:one.org/what-we-do/center on-international-education-benchmarking/top-performing-countries/singapore-overview-2/4136/ a. Briefly explain the shifts that have occurred in the Singapore education system since the 1970s. Read pages 1.It of the following article from the Ministry of Education in Singapore: http::/www.moe gov-sp/docs/default-source/document/education/syllabuses/sciences/files/2020-express_na-maths_syllabuses.pd! b. Briefly discuss Singapore's approach to mathematics education. How does this approach compare to what you have experienced in the U.5.? 6. Further Research: Research the mathematics education system in Finland or the UAE. Discuss the emphasis your chosen country places on mathematics and whether or not this emphasis reflects in the PISA and TIMMs score. How does this country compare to the United States? To Singapore? Here are some links to get you started: For brief cultural and societal overviews look at http://online.culturegrams.com/ Here is the official website about the Finnish education system: http://www.oph.fil/english/education_system Here is an official website about education in the United Arab Emirates: http://www.uaced.or/education-introductionMAT 143 Lab: Dealing With Data and Uncertainty - International Education Statistics I. The PLA Amerement Vhit the website: wow.ound.onion/abreufeind to kram about this international education assessment. Watch the video on the page. Briefly describe the FISA assessment and state three things that stood out to you from the video. 2. Computing Statistics Wise the first column of data from the 2012 PILA Assessment downloadable data set found at http /www and on/philewindow/pha:2012-result-volume him a. Create a histogram using 6 classes with a lower class limit of 350 and a class width of 50, b. Do the test scores appear to be normally distributed? Why or why not? c. Find the standard deviation of the beit scores d. According to the 68-95-59.7 Rule, 95% of the test scores are between which two values? e. find the s-score and percentile value for each of the following countries: I. The United States li. Singapore lil. Finland Iv. The United Arab Emirates F. Compare the results of the 4 countries, What factors do you think attribute to any discrepancies? 3. The TIMMS Assessment Visit the website http:/ecred.row/time/ to learn about this international education assessment How does the TIMMS assessment differ from the PISA assessment? Describe at least three differences. 4. Computing Statistics: Go to the website http:/cesed row/surveys/internationalreports/2011-times-:8- math.asp#mathematicsStable and look at the Math GB Percentiles table. You can also download an Excel copy of the table using the link in the upper right corner. Recall that the mean is the 50" percentile, Do the following a, Create a histogram using 6 classes with a lower class limit of 350 and a class width of 50. b. Do the test scores appear to be normally distributed? Why or why not? c. Find the standard deviation of the test scores. d. According to the 68-95-99.7 Rule, 95% of the test scores are between which two values? e. Find the 2-score and percentile value for each of the following countries: I. The United States Il. Singapore lil. Finland iv. The United Arab Emirates f. Compare the results of the 4 countries with their own results on the PISA assessment. Which countries stayed at about the same percentile? Which countries changed percentiles? What factors do you think contributed to any changes you observed?Activity Title: International Education Statistics Unit: Dealing With Data and Uncertainty Submitted by Cindy Moore - Ashere Buncombe Technical Community College Edited by: Michael Jefferson : Roanoke Chowan Community College Description and Purpose: The objective of this Lab is to use statinles to compare performance of students from warlous countries on the math portion of an international standardized test. Students will use descriptive statistics normal distribution, percentles, and e-scores, to make comparisons. Students will examine data from the PISA and TIMMS International tests and then explore educational and cultural systems of countries that participate in these Time Needed: 1-3 hours of class time depending upon how much material is assigned outside of class. Students may read preliminary information prior to class and complete follow-up research after the class period has ended. Materials For Activity Stathities and International Education handout Internet Access Access to spreadsheet or calculator Procedure: Students should research the PISA and TIMMS International education assessments before using the atsediment results to calculate and interpret statistics, Students may use a spreadsheet, calculator, or other method Indicated by the instructor to compute standard deviation, s-scores, and percentiles. Students then use results to compare the standing of the US. to other countries, After numerical data is compared, students explore the educational structures of the countries they've been tracking in the data Assessment Rubric: You need the following to get a perfect 100 points. Part Recommended Points I: PISA and TIMMS |10 points B: Statistics 50 points PL: Singapore 20 points IV: Other Country 20 points Total Score 100 points Resource :: www.pecd.on/pha/aboutpha/ www.need.on/pha/keyfindings/PISA-2012-results-snapshot-Volume.I-ENG.pd! http://www.ncee.ons/programs-affiliates/center-on-International-education-benchmarking/top- performing-countries/Angapore overdew/4136-2/ http://www.ored.org/pisa/keyfindings/pla-2012-results-volume-L.htm www.moe gov.is/education/syllabuses/sciences/files/mathi-secondary.pdf http://www.oph.fvenglish/education.matem http://www.useed.org/education-introduction http://online.culturegram.com/ http:/ices.ed gov/timmy/