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A Splintered Vision

Author : W.H. Schmidt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0306472090
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book A Splintered Vision written by W.H. Schmidt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-08 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Splintered Vision: An Investigation of U.S. Science and Mathematics Education is the US report on the curriculum analysis component of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) which was sponsored by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). The report summarizes data from the TIMSS curriculum analysis and integrates it with teacher questionnaire data from the US, Japan, and Germany on science and mathematics topic coverage and instructional practices. The authors of A Splintered Vision discuss and provide evidence of the unfocused nature of US mathematics and science curricular intentions, textbooks, and teacher practices. They offer the premise that producers of US textbooks and curriculum guides have attempted to answer calls for curricular reform by adding new content to already existing materials instead of devoting time to restructuring the materials. The authors also suggest that US teachers, inundated with a myriad of competing visions, are attempting to cover all the topics they confront in their resource documents and to meet all the instructional demands placed on them by those with a stake in education. In keeping with the `incremental assembly line' philosophy in American society, US teachers also tend to lean toward a piecemeal approach to education. The authors speculate on what such practices may mean for the mathematics and science achievement of US students. The work is sure to spur discussion among educational researchers, policy makers, and others concerned about the future of mathematics and science education in the US.

splintered vision

Author : una woods
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0957585853
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (575 download)

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Download or read book splintered vision written by una woods and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-10-03 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sourced in the early consciousness these poems pay homage to the fragile force at the heart of their landscapes. The permanent and transitory overlap in small changes of light and atmosphere- whether 'at dusk's grainy glow/ a figure times the street/ to perfection-' or 'the steady solitary clump/ of homebound cows/ like the earth's clock/ on the dot of evening'.

A Splintered Vision

Author : William H. Schmidt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book A Splintered Vision written by William H. Schmidt and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Splintered Light

Author : Verlyn Flieger
Publisher : Kent State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873387446
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (874 download)

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Download or read book Splintered Light written by Verlyn Flieger and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J. R. R. Tolkien is perhaps best known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but it is in The Silmarillion that the true depth of Tolkien's Middle-earth can be understood. The Silmarillion was written before, during, and after Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. A collection of stories, it provides information alluded to in Tolkien's better known works and, in doing so, turns The Lord of the Rings into much more than a sequel to The Hobbit, making it instead a continuation of the mythology of Middle-earth. Verlyn Flieger's expanded and updated edition of Splintered Light, a classic study of Tolkien's fiction first published in 1983, examines The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings in light of Owen Barfield's linguistic theory of the fragmentation of meaning. Flieger demonstrates Tolkien's use of Barfield's concept throughout the fiction, showing how his central image of primary light splintered and refracted acts as a metaphor for the languages, peoples, and history of Middle-earth.

Frontiers

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Frontiers written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Facing the Consequences

Author : W.H. Schmidt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0306472163
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Facing the Consequences written by W.H. Schmidt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-08 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facing the Consequences presents a perspective on US mathematics and science education that is developed from data gathered as part of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). TIMSS is the most extensive and far-reaching cross-national comparative study of mathematics and science education ever attempted. It includes comparing official curricula, textbooks, teacher practices, and student achievements for many countries (from 20 to 50 countries, depending on the particular comparison). Thousands of official documents and textbooks were analyzed. Thousands of teachers, principals, and other experts responded to survey questionnaires. A sample of mathematics teachers in three countries had their lessons videotaped. Hundreds of thousands of children in almost 50 countries were tested in mathematics and science. This report presents a closer look at US mathematics and science education through careful examination of TIMSS data. The authors believe this investigation shows how deceptive many often unquestioned assumptions about American education can be. Drawing upon many new analyses not previously reported and integrating these with previous analyses of TIMSS data, the authors develop and illustrate the argument that what happens to American students is the consequence of American beliefs that shape educational practice and the accretion of a myriad educational choices made in mathematics and science education.

Cognitive Units, Concept Images, and Cognitive Collages: An Examination of the Processes of Knowledge Construction

Author : Mercedes A. McGowen
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1612337732
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Cognitive Units, Concept Images, and Cognitive Collages: An Examination of the Processes of Knowledge Construction written by Mercedes A. McGowen and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2011-09-26 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Professional Development

Author : Jack Rhoton
Publisher : NSTA Press
ISBN 13 : 0873551850
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Professional Development written by Jack Rhoton and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There?s got to be more to professional development than in-service workshops. This thoughtful book paves the way to change. It shows the circumstances under which professional development has the most impact on student learning, reviews programs that work, and offers practical ideas about how professional development can sustain science education reform.

The Ophthalmoscope

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ophthalmoscope written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Objectivist Nexus

Author : Peter Quartermain
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 081730973X
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book The Objectivist Nexus written by Peter Quartermain and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1999-07-02 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outstanding poets and critics present cultural readings of the Objectivist poets, a group whose works have been largely unexamined.

Gothic Vision

Author : Dani Cavallaro
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1847141897
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Gothic Vision written by Dani Cavallaro and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2002-08-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gothic Vision examines a broad range of tales of horror, terror, the uncanny and the supernatural, spanning the late-eighteenth century to the present, and of related theoretical approaches to the realm of dark writing. It argues that such narratives are objects for historical analysis, due to their implication in specific ideologies, while also focusing on the recurrence over time of themes of physical and psychological disintegration, spectrality and monstrosity. This is an excellent overview of a genre that is increasingly studied in literature, film, and cultural studies courses.

Daniel's Five Visions

Author : R. J. Plugge
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1512758809
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book Daniel's Five Visions written by R. J. Plugge and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2016-10-12 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pursuing excellence : comparisons of international eighth-grade mathematics and science achievement from a U.S. perspective, 1995 and 1999 : initial findings from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study-Repeat

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428926321
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)

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Internationalizing a School of Education

Author : John Schwille
Publisher : MSU Press
ISBN 13 : 162895275X
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book Internationalizing a School of Education written by John Schwille and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internationalizing a School of Education examines how Michigan State University has pursued internationalization and globalization through an integration-infusion approach to research, teaching, and outreach. The integration-infusion approach was introduced in MSU’s College of Education in the early 1980s as a replacement for the more disconnected comparative education program. This approach offers a vision where all faculty members and students are knowledgeable about education in all its international diversity, where their conceptions and aspirations are influenced by international research and experience, and where they reach out to other countries in collaborative efforts to do research, inform policy, and improve practice. Featuring profiles of faculty members and students who were leaders of this integration-infusion approach, this text provides a survey of the landscape of comparative education in the United States while examining channels of internationalization specific to MSU, highlighting the success of integration-infusion at an institutional level.

Mathematics and Science Education Around the World

Author : Mathematical Sciences Education Board and Committee on Science Education K-12
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309589924
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Mathematics and Science Education Around the World written by Mathematical Sciences Education Board and Committee on Science Education K-12 and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-11-01 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid current efforts to improve mathematics and science education in the United States, people often ask how these subjects are organized and taught in other countries. They hear repeatedly that other countries produce higher student achievement. Teachers and parents wonder about the answers to questions like these: Why do the children in Asian cultures seem to be so good at science and mathematics? How are biology and physics taught in the French curriculum? What are textbooks like elsewhere, and how much latitude do teachers have in the way they follow the texts? Do all students receive the same education, or are they grouped by ability or perceived educational promise? If students are grouped, how early is this done? What are tests like, and what are the consequences for students? Are other countries engaged in Standards-like reforms? Does anything like "standards" play a role in other countries? Questions such as these reflect more than a casual interest in other countries' educational practices. They grow out of an interest in identifying ways to improve mathematics and science education in the United States. The focus of this short report is on what the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), a major international investigation of curriculum, instruction, and learning in mathematics and science, will be able to contribute to understandings of mathematics and science education around the world as well as to current efforts to improve student learning, particularly in the United States.

Inequality for All

Author : William Schmidt
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807771082
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Inequality for All written by William Schmidt and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015-04-17 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inequality for All makes an important contribution to current debates about economic inequalities and the growing achievement gap, particularly in mathematics and science education. The authors argue that the greatest source of variation in opportunity to learn is not between local communities, or even schools, but between classrooms. They zero in on one of the core elements of schooling—coverage of subject matter content—and examine how such opportunities are distributed across the millions of school children in the United States. Drawing on data from the third TIMMS international study of curriculum and achievement, as well as a six-district study of over 500 schools across the United States, they point to Common Core State Standards as being a key step in creating a more level playing field for all students. William H. Schmidt is University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University and co-director of the Education Policy Center. Curtis C. McKnight is emeritus professor of mathematics at the University of Oklahoma.

Next Steps for TIMSS

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309173221
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Next Steps for TIMSS written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now that the initial results of The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) have been released, the Board on International Comparative Studies in Education (BICSE) has turned its attention to what happens next. The TIMSS data are potentially useful to researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and others interested in evidence regarding factors that influence student learning. But although the study has produced a remarkable volume of intriguing data, it is by no means complete. Scholarly review of the initial data, evaluations of claims based on the data, and follow-up secondary analysis based on the primary findings are all integral parts of a study of this magnitude, but the bulk of this very important work has not yet begun. Because of the board's serious concern that this necessary work has not been undertaken, or funded, it held a workshop on June 17 and 18, 1998, to explore different perspectives on possible next steps. The workshop was an invaluable opportunity for the board to explore issues and questions it has addressed over the years and to solidify its thinking about many of them. Because the board is convinced of the importance of moving forward with the TIMSS data, it presents in this report both recommendations as to what ought to be done and many of the innovative specific ideas that emerged from the workshop. These recommendations reflect the board's conviction, based on its many years of involvement with and deliberations about TIMSS, that this study is an extremely rich resource for the policy, scholarly, and practice communities, and that all of these groups have a responsibility to take full advantage of it. The recommendations and discussion in this report are intended to assist both researchers and funders who are considering further work with TIMSS, and a broader audience of researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and others who have followed the TIMSS results and are eager to use them. This report is, in a sense, the culmination of many years of effort for the board.