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56 produkter
Imagining the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education
Proceedings of a Virtual Symposium
Av Board on Science Education, Board on Higher Education and Workforce m. fl.
E-bok, 2022
354 kr
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In November 2020, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a multi-day virtual symposium on imaging the future of undergraduate STEM education. Speakers and participants pondered the future and the past and shared their goals, priorities, and dreams for improving …
Study of Interactions
Emerging Issues in the Science of Adolescence: Workshop Summary
Av Institute of Medicine, National Research Council m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
508 kr
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Scholars--and adults in general--have pondered for centuries the mysterious processes that influence the ways in which children gradually become adults. The development of professional organizations and journals devoted to adolescence, as well as increasing appreciation in academia and the world of …
Assessing the Role of K-12 Academic Standards in States
Workshop Summary
Av Committee on State Standards in Education: A Workshop Series, Center for Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2008
278 kr
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Every state in the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Defense Education Activity now has its own academic standards, at least in core subjects. These documents vary in their structure, level of specificity, and other characteristics. Professional societies have also …
Common Standards for K-12 Education?
Considering the Evidence: Summary of a Workshop Series
Av Committee on State Standards in Education: A Workshop Series, Center for Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2008
371 kr
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Standards-based accountability has become a central feature of the public education system in each state and is a theme of national discussions about how achievement for all students can be improved and achievement gaps narrowed. Questions remain, however, about the implementation of standards and …
Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin
Workshop Summary
Av Committee on Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin, Board on Global Health m. fl.
E-bok, 2008
500 kr
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One of the biggest threats today is the uncertainty surrounding the emergence of a novel pathogen or the re-emergence of a known infectious disease that might result in disease outbreaks with great losses of human life and immense global economic consequences. Over the past six decades, most of the …
Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions
Workshop Summary
Av Committee on Strengthening Benefit-Cost Methodology for the Evaluation of Early Childhood Interventions, and Families Board on Children, Youth m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
280 kr
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The deficiencies that many children experience from birth to school age—in health care, nutrition, emotional support, and intellectual stimulation, for example—play a major role in academic achievement gaps that persist for years, as well as in behavior and other problems. There are many …
Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions
Workshop Summary
Av Committee on Strengthening Benefit-Cost Methodology for the Evaluation of Early Childhood Interventions, and Families Board on Children, Youth m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
416 kr
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The deficiencies that many children experience from birth to school age—in health care, nutrition, emotional support, and intellectual stimulation, for example—play a major role in academic achievement gaps that persist for years, as well as in behavior and other problems. There are many …
Student Mobility
Exploring the Impacts of Frequent Moves on Achievement: Summary of a Workshop
Av and Neighborhoods Committee on the Impact of Mobility and Change on the Lives of Young Children, Schools, and Families Board on Children, Youth m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
295 kr
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Many low-income families struggle with stable housing and frequently have to move due to foreclosures, rent increases, or other financial setbacks. Children in these families can experience lasting negative effects, especially those who are young and still developing basic learning and social …
Student Mobility
Exploring the Impacts of Frequent Moves on Achievement: Summary of a Workshop
Av and Neighborhoods Committee on the Impact of Mobility and Change on the Lives of Young Children, Schools, and Families Board on Children, Youth m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
428 kr
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Many low-income families struggle with stable housing and frequently have to move due to foreclosures, rent increases, or other financial setbacks. Children in these families can experience lasting negative effects, especially those who are young and still developing basic learning and social …
Best Practices for State Assessment Systems, Part I
Summary of a Workshop
Av Committee on Best Practices for State Assessment Systems: Improving Assessment While Revisiting Standards, Center for Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
303 kr
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Educators and policy makers in the United States have relied on tests to measure educational progress for more than 150 years. During the twentieth century, technical advances, such as machines for automatic scoring and computer-based scoring and reporting, have supported states in a growing …
Best Practices for State Assessment Systems, Part I
Summary of a Workshop
Av Committee on Best Practices for State Assessment Systems: Improving Assessment While Revisiting Standards, Center for Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
438 kr
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Educators and policy makers in the United States have relied on tests to measure educational progress for more than 150 years. During the twentieth century, technical advances, such as machines for automatic scoring and computer-based scoring and reporting, have supported states in a growing …
State Assessment Systems
Exploring Best Practices and Innovations: Summary of Two Workshops
Av Committee on Best Practices for State Assessment Systems: Improving Assessment While Revisiting Standards, Center for Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
446 kr
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Educators and policy makers in the United States have relied on tests to measure educational progress for more than 150 years, and have used the results for many purposes. They have tried minimum competency testing; portfolios; multiple-choice items, brief and extended constructed-response items; …
Understanding Dropouts
Statistics, Strategies, and High-Stakes Testing
Av Committee on Educational Excellence and Testing Equity, Board on Testing and Assessment m. fl.
E-bok, 2001
404 kr
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The role played by testing in the nation''s public school system has been increasing steadily—and growing more complicated—for more than 20 years. The Committee on Educational Excellence and Testing Equity (CEETE) was formed to monitor the effects of education reform, particularly testing, on …
Power of Video Technology in International Comparative Research in Education
Av Board on International Comparative Studies in Education, Board on Testing and Assessment m. fl.
E-bok, 2001
404 kr
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Video technology offers a number of important potential benefits to researchers and policy makers interested in international comparative research. However, a number of practical and methodological issues remain to be addressed, including sample sizes and the confidentiality of research …
Next Steps for TIMSS
Directions for Secondary Analysis
Av Board on International Comparative Studies in Education, Board on Testing and Assessment m. fl.
E-bok, 1999
640 kr
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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, …
Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin
Workshop Summary
Av Committee on Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin, Board on Global Health m. fl.
E-bok, 2008
714 kr
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One of the biggest threats today is the uncertainty surrounding the emergence of a novel pathogen or the re-emergence of a known infectious disease that might result in disease outbreaks with great losses of human life and immense global economic consequences. Over the past six decades, most of the …
Common Standards for K-12 Education?
Considering the Evidence: Summary of a Workshop Series
Av Committee on State Standards in Education: A Workshop Series, Center for Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2008
523 kr
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Standards-based accountability has become a central feature of the public education system in each state and is a theme of national discussions about how achievement for all students can be improved and achievement gaps narrowed. Questions remain, however, about the implementation of standards and …
Assessing the Role of K-12 Academic Standards in States
Workshop Summary
Av Committee on State Standards in Education: A Workshop Series, Center for Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2008
404 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Every state in the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Defense Education Activity now has its own academic standards, at least in core subjects. These documents vary in their structure, level of specificity, and other characteristics. Professional societies have also …
Study of Interactions
Emerging Issues in the Science of Adolescence: Workshop Summary
Av Program Committee for a Workshop on the Synthesis of Research on Adolescent Health and Development, and Families Board on Children, Youth m. fl.
E-bok, 2006
428 kr
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Scholars—and adults in general—have pondered for centuries the mysterious processes that influence the ways in which children gradually become adults. The development of professional organizations and journals devoted to adolescence, as well as increasing appreciation in academia and the world of …
Studying Media Effects on Children and Youth
Improving Methods and Measures: Workshop Summary
Av Program Committee for a Workshop on Improving Research on Interactive Media and Children's Health, Youth and Families Board on Children m. fl.
E-bok, 2006
303 kr
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The presence and intensity of media influences television, radio, music, computers, films, videos, and the Internet are increasingly recognized as an important part of the social ecology of children and youth, and these influences have become more visible and volatile in recent decades. Research …
Testing English-Language Learners in U.S. Schools
Report and Workshop Summary
Av Committee on Educational Excellence and Testing Equity, National Research Council m. fl.
E-bok, 2000
640 kr
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The Committee on Educational Excellence and Testing Equity was created under the auspices of the National Research Council (NRC), and specifically under the oversight of the Board on Testing and Assessment (BOTA). The committee''s charge is to explore the challenges that face U.S. schools as they …
Myths and Tradeoffs
The Role of Tests in Undergraduate Admissions
Av Steering Committee for the Workshop on Higher Education Admissions, Board on Testing and Assessment m. fl.
E-bok, 1999
640 kr
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More than 8 million students enrolled in 4-year, degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States in 1996. The multifaceted system through which these students applied to and were selected by the approximately 2,240 institutions in which they enrolled is complex, to say the least; …
State Assessment Systems
Exploring Best Practices and Innovations: Summary of Two Workshops
Av Committee on Best Practices for State Assessment Systems: Improving Assessment While Revisiting Standards, Center for Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
626 kr
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Educators and policy makers in the United States have relied on tests to measure educational progress for more than 150 years, and have used the results for many purposes. They have tried minimum competency testing; portfolios; multiple-choice items, brief and extended constructed-response items; …
Successful STEM Education
A Workshop Summary
Av Committee on Highly Successful Schools or Programs for K-12 STEM Education, Board on Science Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2011
371 kr
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What students learn about the science disciplines, technology, engineering, and mathematics during their K-12 schooling shapes their intellectual development, opportunities for future study and work, and choices of career, as well as their capacity to make informed decisions about political and …
Successful STEM Education
A Workshop Summary
Av Committee on Highly Successful Schools or Programs for K-12 STEM Education, Board on Science Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2011
404 kr
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What students learn about the science disciplines, technology, engineering, and mathematics during their K-12 schooling shapes their intellectual development, opportunities for future study and work, and choices of career, as well as their capacity to make informed decisions about political and …
Country-Level Decision Making for Control of Chronic Diseases
Workshop Summary
Av Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
553 kr
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A 2010 IOM report, Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World, found that not only is it possible to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease and related chronic diseases in developing countries, but also that such a reduction will be critical to achieving global health and …
Climate Change Education in Formal Settings, K-14
A Workshop Summary
Av K-14 Steering Committee on Climate Change Education in Formal Settings, Board on Science Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
488 kr
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Climate change is occurring, is very likely caused by human activities, and poses significant risks for a broad range of human and natural systems. Each additional ton of greenhouse gases emitted commits us to further change and greater risks. In the judgment of the Committee on America''s Climate …
Key National Education Indicators
Workshop Summary
Av Steering Committee on Workshop on Key National Education Indicators, Board on Testing and Assessment m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
572 kr
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The education system in the United States is continually challenged to adapt and improve, in part because its mission has become far more ambitious than it once was. At the turn of the 20th century, less than one-tenth of students enrolled were expected to graduate from high school. Today, most …
Recent Fertility Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa
Workshop Summary
Av and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
757 kr
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Fertility rates and population growth influence economic development. The marked declines in fertility seen in some developing nations have been accompanied by slowing population growth, which in turn provided a window of opportunity for rapid economic growth. For many sub-Saharan African nations, …
Recent Fertility Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa
Workshop Summary
Av Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
678 kr
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Fertility rates and population growth influence economic development. The marked declines in fertility seen in some developing nations have been accompanied by slowing population growth, which in turn provided a window of opportunity for rapid economic growth. For many sub-Saharan African nations, …
