Investigating the factors affecting physics performance of Indonesian students by using a multilevel model based on TIMSS 2011 dataset

Abstract

This study examined the effects of the factors on Physic achievement of 8-grade Indonesian students in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2011 using Hierarchical Linear Model (HLM). The participants of this study were 9,074 eighth-grade students from 153 schools within 31 provinces in Indonesia. This study employed HLM 7 software to analyse the interaction between variables within a multilevel model. The study found that Science Laboratory, Computer Instruction, Like Physics and Confidence Physics influence significantly year-8 students' physics achievement in Indonesia.