Word: maths
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...graders are above average. Unfortunately, it may be all downhill from there, and that suggests that something is wrong with American schools. In the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, American fourth-graders ranked third in science (behind Korea and Japan) and 12th out of the 26 countries in math. In another study last year, U.S. eighth graders finished 17th in math and a woebegone 28th in science. The fact that younger students compare more favorably than older ones suggests that American schools may be slowing them down. Education Secretary Richard Riley says that?s precisely why President Clinton...
...newest piece of Core philosophy is Quantitative Reasoning, endorsed by the Faculty unanimously at their May 20 meeting with the intent of requiring greater math skills from the children of the computer...
...been very helpful to me, especially freshman year when I took an advanced math course. Since then, I've mainly used the time to complete term papers," says Charles A. Goodman...
...Even math and science concentrators, who tend to have a more rigid set of required courses for their concentrations, say that they find shopping period invaluable in selecting Cores and electives...
...very common in an introductory class, also called surveys, to use textbooks," he says, adding that math and science courses are especially conducive to textbooks...