RBS has been a leader in exploring and disseminating the TIMSS data and implications to schools, producing many resource materials and hosting a number of professional development events. Specifically, in partnership with one or more of the above-noted agencies, RBS:
- Translated and disseminated the data from TIMSS for the education community through conferences, workshops, and two e-mail lists.
- Designed, planned, and offered a two-day TIMSS 1999 Video Study Conference (2003) to introduce participants to the data from the study and video clips of lessons in three countries.
- Provided Video Study Conference participants with an opportunity to take the online TIMSS Algebra course co-developed by LessonLab and Intel Foundation.
- Designed, planned, and offered a two-day follow-up TIMSS Facilitators Workshop (2003) to prepare participants who had completed the course to become facilitators for the TIMSS Algebra course.
- Documented and monitored the courses offered by the TIMSS facilitators.
RBS has developed several products and services to help educators explore the implications of TIMSS for their professional practice:
TIMSS Video Study CD-ROMs and Resource Guide
As a companion to the TIMSS Video Study CD-ROM set, RBS has developed a professional development guide: Using TIMSS Videos to Improve Learning of Mathematics: A Resource Guide. Richard Askey and Patsy Wang-Iverson (editors) created this resource to organize and provide guided access to the TIMSS video lessons and their many valuable insights for mathematics educators. Users of this resource guide will need to have the TIMSS public release lesson CD set.