1. A Note on the TIMSS 2011 Reports~ @iwanpranoto
PASSION TO TEACH,
CONCEPTUAL MASTERY
IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF MATH AND SCIENCE EDUCATION
@iwanpranoto
Bincang Edukasi
@america, 19 Februari 2013

2. A Note on the TIMSS 2011 Reports~ @iwanpranoto
Knowing
Remembering

3. A Note on the TIMSS 2011 Reports~ @iwanpranoto
Knowing
Summarizing

4. A Note on the TIMSS 2011 Reports~ @iwanpranoto
Applying
…students not used to
draw conclusions

5. A Note on the TIMSS 2011 Reports~ @iwanpranoto
Reasoning -
Number
Very weak
Our students are very
good to compute to find
the multiplication of two
given fraction numbers,
but they cannot reason
about the multiplication
and understand it

6. A Note on the TIMSS 2011 Reports~ @iwanpranoto
Math & Our students are very
weak in all cognitive
Science Health skills requiring
Report information
processing
Our students are only
mastering the
memorizing level
Scientific habits, like
decision making,
seem lacking

7. A Note on the TIMSS 2011 Reports~ @iwanpranoto
TIMSS 2011: Cognitive Domain
Knowing
(Remembering
& Summarizing)
• 378
Applying (On
similar situation
& New situation)
• 384
Reasoning
(Analyzing) • 388

8. A Note on the TIMSS 2011 Reports~ @iwanpranoto
The Culprit: Sans-Reasoning Teaching
“Lack of
Knowledge”
Education
System &
Policies
Pseudomathematics
& Pseudoscience
Low Quality
Teacher Prof.
Development

9. A Note on the TIMSS 2011 Reports~ @iwanpranoto
Passion & Mastery

10. A Note on the TIMSS 2011 Reports~ @iwanpranoto
STEAM Education Relevance
Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics
Passionate
Quality Intellectual-
and
STEAM based Nation
Mastering
Education Development
Teachers

11. A Note on the TIMSS 2011 Reports~ @iwanpranoto
Recommendations
• Eliminate policies against learning theories
• Empower in-service teachers by improving
• STEAM conceptual understanding
• Develop passion to STEAM
• Conscientization of their roles in nation development
• Enrich schools and students with scientific culture

12. A Note on the TIMSS 2011 Reports~ @iwanpranoto
Four States performing better
than Finland in Math
Massachusetts, What are the
Minnesota, North common
Carolina, and characters of
Indiana these states?

13. A Note on the TIMSS 2011 Reports~ @iwanpranoto
pakiwan.com
We need a
cultural movement
to complete our
age of reason