Examining Middle School Teachers’ Views about TIMSS

The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers' opinions about Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) exam. Teachers are indirectly stakeholders of the TIMSS exam and, their knowledge and opinions about the exam, their predictions about the ranking of Turkey in the world, their knowledge about the content and topics, what kind of knowledge and skills exam questions measure, their suggestions and opinions about improving the success of Turkey in the exam are important. Teachers are expected to have knowledge about the TIMSS exam which is applied in many countries, and countries are ranked according to their science and mathematics achievements. For this purpose, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 teachers working in two different secondary schools in Aksaray province. In these interviews, the participants completed the demographic information form and the TIMSS Test Interview Form consisting open-ended questions. When the opinions of the teachers are examined, it is concluded that the information about the TIMSS exam is sufficient in general. In addition, the suggestions of the teachers about increasing the success of our country the TIMSS exam are presented