Search results for: Reiss in All Content

The limit of the urban

Granice miejskości

Author(s): Magdalena Kłosińska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 14-15/2010

Keywords: borders; urban areas; places; experience

In this dispute author has confirmed, that in the newest anthropological and sociological scientific research the idea of urban notion is the own subject of cognitive paradigm, which contain the modern city. Moreover, author thinks, that urban constitutes and makes boundary lines in which claims the name theater mundi - also has known as the part of theater of the human life. The Author quotes article written by Louis Wirth called Urbanism as a way of life, who defined the urban as a crucial moment, which consist of the boundary line in the city and all paradigm concerns about the movement of city exploration. The Essay has concentrated on the ways, which present urban as the specific city attribute. The Author thinks, that city or metropolitan city at all give much more freedom, than life in the country, but man have to prepare, that when he will choose living in the metropolitan city, he will be feel as the Stranger. This way convict him to apathy, loneliness, alienation and even extreme melancholy. The Urbanity experience put pressure on the alienation, which can be understand, as the disintegration. The Next issue treats "urban place" as the agora in the modern city. In this way city and metropolitan city constitutes fortified "center" or even central point, which has existed in faint boundaries. Through the urban, man can try understand the space and concept of the city in a wide open ways, because as the author has convinced - urban makes the boundary line as the etymology. The Urban as the main category is the crucial point, which explain the city character. In fact, author thinks, that this way shows, that urban always will be in present time for the mentality of residents. This Essay was trying to confirm, that urban is very helpful, when it is necessary to know and find experience point in the boundary lines. The Urban - as the author shows - mostly presents and marks metropolitans ability vision. That is why, in the last conclusion, author quotes Roland Barthes's work - because he confirmed, that vision or "to see something" means - to get in the right place.

UTOPIAN SCIENCE AND EMPIRE NOTES ON THE IBERIAN BACKGROUND OF FRANCIS BACON’S PROJECT

ŞTIINŢĂ UTOPICĂ ŞI IMPERIU: NOTE ASUPRA CONTEXTULUI IBERIC AL PROIECTULUI BACONIAN

Author(s): Silvia Manzo / Language(s): English / Issue: 04 (23)/2010

Keywords: Francis Bacon; Iberian science; empire; chronicles of America; Jesuits; : Francis Bacon; stiinţa iberică; imperiu; cronici ale Americilor; iezuiţi

This paper will explore Bacon’s perceptions of the scientific connotations of the Spanish empire and his reception of early modern Iberian science. Its aim is to analyze the extent to which the Iberian background played a role in the making of Bacon’s project of a utopian imperial science, by drawing attention to some particular cases: the reception of the Jesuits, the natural histories, the chronicles of discovery, and the evaluation of Columbus’ voyages. It is shown that Bacon’s relationship with Iberian themes and sources was explicit in a few cases (Acosta, Columbus, Inca Garcilaso, the Jesuit order), while at other times the relationship is more indirect and implicit (Fernández de Oviedo, López de Gomara, Martire, Ramusio, Benzoni, Fernández de Quirós). It is argued that early modern imperial Spain seems to have been assessed by Bacon as a model of a growing empire, an empire whose greatness relied heavily on the Jesuit order and the colonization of America. The paper concludes that the attentive observation of the Spanish empire as well as the acquaintance with the Jesuits and the Iberian chronicles must have inspired Bacon’s project of science and his ideas on the articulation of science with empire. At the same time, other past and contemporary authors and traditions found their place in Bacon’s program for the reform of learning. This eclectic blend underlying this project rather than depriving the end result of novelty, allows us to realize the new decisive contents Bacon added to the diverse ideas and practices he relied on.

Bibliography

Bibliografia

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 11/2014

Keywords: Bibliography; Art and Documentation no 11; bibliografia; sztuka i Dokumentacja nr 11

Bibliografia

My music. From memories notes (V)

Moja muzyka. Z zapisków pamięci (V)

Author(s): Marian Bizan / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 94/2006

Keywords: Polish Literature; Opera; Music; Strauss

Valuable Sources to the History of the Ghetto Terezín

Wertvolle Quellen zur Geschichte des Ghettos Theresienstadt

Author(s): Zlatuše Kukánová,Lenka Matušíková / Language(s): German / Issue: 2/1995

Keywords: register; terezin; ghetto; holocaust; shoah; register of birth; register of death; children; death;

Im Zusammenhang mit dem wachsenden Interesse der Öffentlichkeit sowie der Forscher an der Geschichte der Juden in den tschechischen Ländern und mit dem Bestreben, die Namenslisten der Opfer der NS-Persekution zu rekonstruieren, wollen wir auf einige noch nicht ausgewertete Archivquellen aufmerksam machen. Bisher wurden für die Erforschung des Schicksals der nach Theresienstadt deportierten Juden vor allem Dokumente, die im Jüdischen Museum in Prag und in den Archiven der Gedenkstätte Theresienstadt aufbewahrt sind, benutzt. Im Staatlichen.Zentralarchiv in Prag beschränkte sich die Quellenforschung nur auf die Bestände der 111. Abteilung, wo auch die Archivalien aus der Okkupationszeit verwaltet werden...

The Kantian concept of perpetual peace

Conceptul kantian de libertate

Author(s): Tom Rockmore / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 139/2009

Keywords: Kant; freedom; peace; federalism; morality

Kant has investigated the problem of freedom from a double perspective, moral and political. While Kant’s view on moral freedom became rather peripheral in our time, his notion of political freedom keeps being fundamental. Having as subject the analysis of the latter through what is called “perpetual peace”, this paper aims at arguing that, even if the Kantian problem of political freedom is still a central one, its Kantian solution is no longer attractive. Moreover, in my opinion, even the approach itself to this problem in Kant’s terms seems not to be anymore a proper one in the context of our increasingly globalized world.

Alternatives to Suspending African American High School Males

Alternatives to Suspending African American High School Males

Author(s): Peter Kiriakidis,Corwin Robinson / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2014

Keywords: African American males; high school learning environment; suspensions of African American males; policy on discipline of African American males;

The research site was one high school in the southern United States where African American males were suspended at greater rates than their counterparts. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the perspectives of high school administrators and teachers regarding alternatives to suspending African American males in one southern high school within a public school district. Guided by the social learning theory, the research question focused on the suspensions of these students. Data were collected through in-depth, semi structured, face-to-face interviews with a purposive sample of 6 high school teachers and 2 administrators, and coded and analyzed for emergent themes. The findings revealed that African American high school males might benefit from education programs such as character education programs to develop social, academic, and discipline skills. The findings of this study may be used for professional development for teachers and administrators regarding strategies to reduce suspensions of African American high school males, which might facilitate their graduation from high school and subsequent entry into higher education or the workforce.

Institutional economic analysis of the influence of production internet concept over operational management

Институционални економски анализи на влијанието на производствените интернет концепти врз оперативниот менаџмент

Author(s): Julijana Siljanoska,Nikolce Marinovski / Language(s): Macedonian / Issue: 1-2/2009

Keywords: Internet based production concept; information technology; operational subsystems; management; production internet concepts.

In sum, theInternet based Production Concepts, in comparison to the current production concepts, offers many advantages. They widely apply new technologies, in order to generate options in production, which were up to now, unavailable in order to realize competitive advantages. However, the application of Internet Technologies leads to modifications in the production system, inducing modifications in operations management. A situation emerges, in which planning and control functions are transferred into the operation subsystem, and communication demands increase between the management subsystem and operation subsystem.If coordination tasks are transferred into the operation subsystem, than additional coordination mechanisms are necessary. Particularly we have to consider an increase in the problem complexity for the actors in the operation subsystem, since they take on parts of the management system tasks. In this context, the coordination aims at optimizing of the relevant subsystem respectively to the (cooperative) achievement of superior management goals. But this is problematic because the complexity of the coordination processes increases with the number of the involved actors. Therefore, it is important to find an appropriate mechanism for the coordination process. We assume that the opportunistic coordination dis cussed in connection with (technical) multi agent systems is an appropriate ap proach. The opportunistic coordination follows a principle of the maximum freedom degrees in selection problems (principle of opportunism) and a principle of the least commitment (Fox/Kempf 1985, p. 489). Therefore, it enables a direct interaction and communication of the actors in the operation subsystem (Corsten, 1999, pp. 319). Yet, commercial PPC systems do not consider the opportunistic coordination. However, Holstroem/Milgrom (1990, pp. 85) already have shown that immediate contractual relationships between agents (actors) are useful from an institution- economic perspective. Therefore, an institution economical approach to operations management in the Internet based Production Concepts must conceptualize the direct communication and the decentralized coordination between actors in the operation subsystem.

Index of Authors

Indeks autorów

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2012

Soft Skills On-Line Development in Times of Crisis

Soft Skills On-Line Development in Times of Crisis

Author(s): Lior Naamati Schneider,Adaya Meirovich,Niva Dolev / Language(s): English / Issue: 1 Sup2/2020

Keywords: 21st century skills; emotional-social intelligence; higher education; online teaching; COVID-19;

While the 21st century is typified with constant change, over the past few months, with the break of the COVID-19, the world is undergoing tremendous changes at a pace and magnitude that have not been seen before. It has been argued that coping and succeeding in the changing reality of the 21st century globally requires a wider set of skills than before, many of which are soft, social-emotional skills. This is particularly true in the uncertainly of the current times worldwide. Incorporating the development of soft skills in the current academic systems, which still hold a mainly cognitive focus has been found challenging and efforts are relatively scarce and isolated. This is becoming even more challenging as the current situation has forced the academy to adapt quickly to digital teaching methods and the use of various platforms for E learning. Aim: to presents a unique method and tool for cultivating soft skills in students, which can be integrated in the general curriculum through digital and E learning. Method: presenting the theoretical basis of the model and exemplifying the ways it can be used in different subjects and as part of higher education institutions (HEI) strategy. Result: although pilot studies are still undergoing, it is believed that integrating soft skills development using online learning and linking them to course subjects will help HEI to stay relevant in a changing world and fulfil their role in preparing students to the 21st century reality, in the times of the recent health crisis COVID-19 and beyond.

Response inhibition during processing of sexual stimuli in males with problematic hypersexual behavior

Response inhibition during processing of sexual stimuli in males with problematic hypersexual behavior

Author(s): Ji-Woo Seok,Jin-Hun Sohn / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2020

Keywords: problematic hypersexual behavior; response inhibition; functional magnetic resonance imaging; functional connectivity; inferior frontal gyrus

Background and aims. Individuals with problematic hypersexual behavior (PHB) are unable to control their sexual cravings, regardless of other situational factors. This inability to control cravings is a common trait in patients with neurological pathologies related to response inhibition. Until recently, however, it was unclear whether individuals with PHB have decreased inhibition and altered neural responses in the brain regions associated with inhibition compared to healthy control individuals, especially in the presence of distracting sexual stimuli. In this study, we examined the neural and psychological underpinnings of inhibition in individuals with PHB. Methods. Thirty individuals with PHB and 30 healthy subjects underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging while performing a modified go/no-go task with neutral or sexual backgrounds used as distractors. Results. Individuals with PHB showed poorer response inhibition than healthy subjects, especially when sexual distractors were present. Further, compared to healthy control subjects, individuals with PHB showed decreased activation in the right inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) and reduced functional connectivity between the IFG and the pre-supplementary motor area (preSMA) when response inhibition was required. Finally, the reduced activation and connectivity were more pronounced in the presence of sexual distractors than in the presence of neutral distractors. Discussion.These findings suggest that individuals with PHB show reduced ability to inhibit responses that might be related to lower IFG activation and IFG-preSMA connectivity during response inhibition. Our results provide insights into the neurobiological underpinnings of poor response inhibition in individuals with PHB.

Translating ‘shame’. A translational approach (II)

Cum se traduce ‘rușinea’. Abordare traductologică (II)

Author(s): Magda Jeanrenaud / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 7/2018

Keywords: cîmp lexical; teoria skoposului; critica și evaluarea traducerilor; text specializat; libertatea traducătorului;

Una din etapele pe care le-am parcurs în procesul de editare a gramaticii germano-române a lui Ioan Piuariu-Molnar a constat în identificarea modelelor urmate de autor. În literatura de specialitate este larg răspîndită afirmația că gramatica lui Molnar a avut ca model gramatica lui Samuil Micu și Gheorge Șincai, Elementa linguæ daco-romanæ sive valachicæ (Viena, 1780). Am constatat că, în cazul unor capitole ale gramaticii, se confirmă, în mod clar, influența acestui model. Există însă și capitole diferite de cele corespunzătoare din Elementa sau capitole care figurează doar în gramatica lui Molnar, nu și în cea a lui Micu și Șincai. Faptul se explică prin aceea că Molnar a urmat și modelul unor gramatici străine, care au avut în epocă un mare succes și o circulație intensă; este vorba de două gramatici ale limbii franceze, scrise în limba germană, cu terminologie gramaticală latinească: lucrarea lui J.R. des Pepliers, Nouvelle et parfaite grammaire royale françoise et allemande. Neue und vollständige königliche französische Grammatik, bisher unter dem Nahmen des Herrn der Pepliers vielmals herausgegeben (Leipzig, 1765, Tipografia M.G. Weidmanns Erben und Reich), respectiv gramatica lui Hilmar Curas, Erleichterte und durch lange Erfahrung verbesserte französische Grammatik (Berlin, 1759, Tipografia lui Friedrich Nicolai). În prezentul articol am relevat capitolele de morfologie în care este recognoscibilă influența gramaticilor lui Pepliers și Curas. Influența modelelor străine se reflectă în: organizarea internă a capitolelor, terminologia utilizată și corespondentele în limba germană ale cuvintelor; în privința ultimului aspect, am evidențiat, în studiul nostru, cazurile în care echivalentele germane indicate de Molnar pentru cuvintele românești sînt identice cu echivalentele germane indicate în gramatica lui Pepliers sau în cea a lui Curas pentru cuvintele din limba franceză.Pornind de la sfera semantică și lexicală a conceptelor honte (limba franceză) și, respectiv, rușine (limba română), îmi propun să examinez modul cum se traduce acesta în limba română pornind de la un studiu de caz. În acest scop, voi încerca să elaborez un studiu traductologic comparativ al lucrării lui Boris Cyrulnik, intitulată Mourir de dire. La honte (Éditions Odile Jacob, Paris, 2010) și a traducerii sale în limba română, intitulată Mai bine mor decît să spun. Rușinea (traducere din limba franceză de Valentin Protopopescu, Editura Trei, col. „Psihologia pentru toți”, București, 2012). Textul lui Cyrulnik are o particularitate: oscilează între factura literară și cea a unui text specializat. Din acest punct de vedere, transpunerea lui pune la încercare teoriile funcționaliste ale traducerii și, mai ales, teoria skopos-ului elaborată de Katharina Reiss și Hans Vermeer: este interesant de analizat cum „decodează” traducătorul „intenționalitatea” acestui tip de text, totuși specializat, cum decide el să transpună sfera sa semantică și lexicală în limba română.

Translating ‘shame’. A translational approach (II)

Translating ‘shame’. A translational approach (II)

Author(s): Magda Jeanrenaud / Language(s): English / Issue: 7/2018

Keywords: lexical field; skopos theory; evaluation of translation; specialized text; translator’s freedom;

Starting from the semantic and lexical sphere of the concepts of ‘honte’ (in French) and ‘rușine’ (in Romanian), my aim is to examine the way this word was translated into Romanian; for this purpose, my point of departure was a case study. To this end, I tried to elaborate a comparative translational study of Boris Cyrulnik, titled Mourir de dire. La honte (Éditions Odile Jacob, Paris, 2010) and of its Romanian translation, titled Mai bine mor decît să spun. Rușinea (French translation by Valentin Protopopescu, Editura Trei, “Psihologia pentru toți” collection, Bucharest, 2012). Cyrulnik’s text has a particularity: it oscillates between the specifics of a literary text and those of a specialized text. From this standpoint, his transposition challenges the functionalist theories of translation and mostly the skopos theory elaborated by Katharina Reiss and Hans Vermeer: it is interesting to analyse the way the translator “decodes” the “intentionality” of this type of text, ultimately a specialized text, and the way he decides to transpose its semantic and lexical sphere into Romanian.

Włodzimierz Zientara, Liliana Lewandowska (Hrsg.), Das Fremde erfahren. Polen-Litauen, Deutschland und Frankreich in der frühneuzeitlichen Reiseliteratur

Włodzimierz Zientara, Liliana Lewandowska (Hrsg.), Das Fremde erfahren. Polen-Litauen, Deutschland und Frankreich in der frühneuzeitlichen Reiseliteratur

Author(s): Norbert Kersken / Language(s): German / Issue: 1/2016

Keywords: Włodzimierz Zientara; Liliana Lewandowska; Experience the foreign; Poland-Lithuania; Germany and France; early modern travel literature;

Review of: Das Fremde erfahren. Polen-Litauen, Deutschland und Frankreich in der frühneuzeitlichen Reiseliteratur. Hrsg von Włodzimierz Z i e n t a r a und Liliana L e wa n d o w s k a . Katedra Filologii Germańskiej. Uniw. Mikołaja Kopernika. Toruń 2014. 314 S. ISBN 978-83-940698-2- 7. Reviewed by Norbert Kersken.

Ecological inspirations of the TALC model of the tourism area life cycle

Ekologiczne inspiracje modelu TALC cyklu życia obszaru turystycznego1

Author(s): Wojciech Szeligiewicz / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2017

Keywords: touristic area; tourists; ecotourism; mass tourism; density-dependent effects; population regulation; r and K strategy; TALC model

The Richard Butler’s model of the tourism area life cycle (TALC) proposes a defined image of qualitative changing of number of tourists N over time within this area and of environmental, social and economic processes simultaneously proceeding there. According to the model N increases up to stagnation phase following S-shaped curve. The curve is a solution to logistic equation incorporated to the TALC model from ecology. The aim of this paper is to remind of the properties of the logistic model and underlying ecological assumptions, of some consequences that they may impose to TALC model, and to tie some other aspects of the TALC model with ecology. In particular, a graph of the right-hand side of the logistic equation as a function of N is invoked labeled with the description of consecutive phases of the touristic area development reminding that the first “primary” stage of the area, i.e. when N is small, has the greatest tourist population growth per capita. Then, that there is a decline of the attractiveness of the area in spite of – according to TALC scenario – provided facilities and investments. The same graph might be used to show some principal differences between ecotourism and mass tourism. Moreover the issues of population regulation, density-dependent self regulation, Allee effect, carrying capacity and r and K strategies were raised. It was also suggested that some experience from mathematical population modeling could be helpful in such considerations.

THE SYNTACTIC DOUBLING OF RELATIVE-INTERROGATIVE AND INDEFINITE (TEMPORAL, MODAL AND QUANTITATIVE ADVERBIALS) THROUGH CORRESPONDING ALTERITY ADVERBIALS IN PRESENT-DAY ROMANIAN

LE REDOUBLEMENT SYNTAXIQUE DES ADVERBES RELATIFS-INTERROGATIFS ET INDÉFINIS (TEMPS, MANIÈRE ET QUANTITÉ) PAR LES ADVERBES D’ALTÉRITÉ CORRESPONDANTS EN ROUMAIN ACTUEL

Author(s): Adrian Chircu / Language(s): French / Issue: 4/2020

Keywords: present-day Romanian; relative-interrogative and indefinite adverbials; alterity adverbials; CoRoLa; internet (Google); morphosyntax;

The Syntactic Doubling of Relative-interrogative and Indefinite (Temporal, Modal and Quantitative Adverbials) through Corresponding Alterity Adverbials in Present-day Romanian. This study represents a continuation of a previous study (Chircu 2020b); it discusses the distribution of (temporal, modal and quantitative) alterity adverbials which syntactically double semantically equivalent relative-interrogative and indefinite adverbials. The alterity adverbials strengthen the meaning of the relative-interrogative and indefinite adverbials and offer alternative solutions of fulfilling the action expressed by the verb or, in the case of modal adverbials, of satisfying the constraints of a ternary relation. In the identified contexts, it can be observed that the alterity adverbial is used both anaphorically and cataphorically, depending of the choice of the speakers. For this analysis, the author has extracted data from the present-day language (the CoRoLa corpus and Google).

Specialist language and education and labour market

Język fachowy a edukacja i rynek pracy. Agnieszka Stawikowska-Marcinkowska, Beata Grzeszczakowska-Pawlikowska (red.) (2018): Języki specjalistyczne 2. Edukacja – Perspektywy – Kariera. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego − Primum Verbum, 118 s.

Author(s): Aleksandra Lidzba / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 13/2020

Keywords: specialist language; specialist education; labour market

The goal of this contribution is to review and to discuss the content of the publication by Agnieszka Stawikowska-Marcinkowska, Beata Grzeszczakowska-Pawlikowska (red.) (2018): Języki specjalistyczne 2. Edukacja – Perspektywy – Kariera. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego − Primum Verbum, 118 s.

BIOLOGY TEACHING ORIENTED TOWARDS THE FUTURE

MESIMDHENIA E BIOLOGJISE, ORIENTUAR DREJT SE ARDHMES

Author(s): Ariana Striniqi,Sidita Karini / Language(s): Albanian,English / Issue: 2/2020

Keywords: teaching; biology; methods; knowledge; blood

Achieving concrete results in transmitting new information requires finding forms that encourage students interest and kernel. Today, the ways and means of obtaining information are numerous, so the teacher should instruct the pupil towards receiving the right information and encourage debate and discussion between collaborating and taking part in the lesson. The teacher draws up a questionnaire plan to guide the discussion to a certain objective, encourage discussion and confront the ideas of the psyche with a guiding and determining position in the key points of discussion Techniques and methods that can be used in teaching to transmit knowledge, develop skills, cultivate students‘ values and attitudes are all different. But regardless of the variety of forms that can be used, they must have an important element, in their center, they must be a learner. The main goal is not just gaining knowledge, but what is more important is to wield the individual to develop his skills, to promote his active and creative thought. The techniques used are from the most varied, but they depend on several factors: -The difficulty of the knowledge that will be transmitted, -The level of knowledge of the students in the classroom, -The selection of appropriate media, in accordance with the age and level of the students, -The amount of illustrative tools available to the student. Some biology themes can be built well on the basis of intercourse of such forms that encourage students to be active participants while treating new knowledge. In this sense, it is intended to give a different model of biology teaching, namely the topic of the eighth class biology, "Blood and Its Functions".

FORENSIC EXPERTISE OF SIGNATURES AND HANDWRITING - MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH

FORENSIC EXPERTISE OF SIGNATURES AND HANDWRITING - MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH

Author(s): Filip Mirić,Dragana Rodić Aranđelović / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2020

Keywords: forensic expertise; signature and handwriting; criminalistics

Forensic expertise of signatures and handwriting is a very important activity in criminalistics. It reveals whether the defendant is the author of the disputed text or has signed the disputed document. This type of expertise is most often used in cases when it is necessary to prove the existence of the criminal offense of forging a document, but also in many other cases (such as expertise of suicide letters or contracts), which indicates the need for a multidisciplinary approach to exploring of this kind of expertise. This paper presents the basic characteristics of this form of expertise and indicates the difficulties that may arise in practice. The aim of this paper is to identify opportunities for further development of signature and handwriting expertise in theory and practice, as a powerful tool for detecting many crimes and their perpetrators.

AFFECTIVE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO SOUTHEAST ASIAN AND EAST ASIAN EIGHTH GRADERS’ SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT IN TIMSS 2015

AFFECTIVE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO SOUTHEAST ASIAN AND EAST ASIAN EIGHTH GRADERS’ SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT IN TIMSS 2015

Author(s): Yoon Fah Lay,Murugan Rajoo / Language(s): English / Issue: 6A/2020

Keywords: TIMSS, comparative study; affective factors; science achievement;

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is an international comparative study that has been implemented by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) since 1995. This proposed study is aimed to identify the affective factors contributing to eighth graders' science achievement in TIMSS among Southeast Asian and East Asian countries. The freely-downloadable secondary data were analyzed using IEA's International Database (IDB) Analyzer (version 4.0) for TIMSS, a plug-in for SPSS. TIMSS uses an imputation methodology, involving plausible values, to report student performance. This study found that students' views on engaging teaching in science (BSBGESL) were negatively and significantly contributed to eighth-grade students' science achievement in Thailand, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, and Hong Kong SAR. Students Like Learning Science (BSBGSLS) were positively and significantly contributed to eighth-grade students' science achievement in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong SAR, and Chinese Taipei. Students Confident in Science (BSBGSCS) were positively and significantly contributed to eighth-grade students' science achievement in Korea, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Singapore. Students Value Science (BSBGSVS) was positively and significantly contributed to eighth-grade students' science achievement in Japan, Korea, Thailand, Chinese Taipei, Singapore, and Malaysia. Based on the research findings, policy recommendations were made to the Malaysian Ministry of Education to boost Malaysian eighth graders' science performance in the forthcoming TIMSS studies.