Learning and Understanding
Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U.S. High Schools
Published on 6. August 2002
Book
Hardback
588 pages
978-0-309-07440-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book takes a fresh look at programs for advanced studies for high school students in the United States, with a particular focus on the Advanced Placement and the International Baccalaureate programs, and asks how advanced studies can be significantly improved in general. It also examines two of the core issues surrounding these programs: they can have a profound impact on other components of the education system and participation in the programs has become key to admission at selective institutions of higher education. By looking at what could enhance the quality of high school advanced study programs as well as what precedes and comes after these programs, this report provides teachers, parents, curriculum developers, administrators, college science and mathematics faculty, and the educational research community with a detailed assessment that can be used to guide change within advanced study programs.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 257 mm
Width: 174 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
821 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-309-07440-7 (9780309074407)
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National Research Council | Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education | Center for Educ
Learning and Understanding
Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U.S. High Schools
E-Book
08/2002
1st Edition
National Academies Press
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Persons
Committee on Programs for Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in American High Schools, National Research Council
Content
1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Introduction; 4 2. Context of Advanced Study; 5 3. The Advanced Placement Program; 6 4. The International Baccalaureate Programme; 7 5. Other Opportunities and Approaches to Advanced Study; 8 6. Learning With Understanding: Seven Principles; 9 7. Designing Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, and Professional Development; 10 8. Analysis of the AP and IB Programs Based on Learning Research; 11 9. Analysis of AP and IB Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, and Professional Development; 12 10. Uses, Misuses, and Unintended Consequences of AP and IB; 13 11. Recommendations; 14 References; 15 Appendix A: Overview of Panel Findings and Recommendations; 16 Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; 17 Appendix C: Statement of Task; 18 Index; 19 Content Panel Report: Biology; 20 Content Panel Report: Chemistry; 21 Content Panel Report: Physics; 22 Content Panel Report: Mathematics