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Is the Shine off the A.P. Apple?
Hurwitz, Nina; Hurwitz, Sol – American School Board Journal, 2003
Describes challenges facing College Board's efforts to expand Advanced Placement (A.P.) courses to provide equal access to previously underserved low-performing urban and rural school students while maintaining the program's high academic standards. Includes list of strategies school boards can use to achieve greater access to A.P. courses while…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, Board of Education Role, Curriculum Problems
Science and Mathematics Education for the Year 2000 and Beyond. Topics for Teachers Series Number 4.
James, Robert K., Ed.; Kurtz, V. Ray, Ed. – 1985
Presented are perspectives on the needs in science and mathematics education and an assessment of the knowledge and skills that will be of the greatest value for students in the future. Issues and trends are organized into six major sections. These include: (1) probable futures (stating predictions related to technological advances,…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mathematics Curriculum
Science and Technology in School Curricula. Case Study 3: German Democratic Republic.
Janke, Bruno; And Others – 1988
A global survey was conducted by Unesco in 1986 on the place occupied by the teaching of science, mathematics, and technology, with the data indicating that mathematics and science are firmly entrenched in school curricula worldwide, but the place of technology is much more tentative. It was decided to probe more deeply into the adequacy of these…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Science and Technology in School Curricula. Case Study 4: India.
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Science, Technical and Environmental Education. – 1988
A global survey was conducted by Unesco in 1986 on the place occupied by the teaching of science, mathematics, and technology, with the data indicating that mathematics and science are firmly entrenched in school curricula worldwide, but the place of technology is much more tentative. It was decided to probe more deeply into the adequacy of these…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
The Cultural Contexts of Science and Mathematics Education: Preparation of a Bibliographic Guide.
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Wilson, Bryan – Studies in Science Education, 1981
Describes the preparation of a bibliographic guide focusing on the research dealing with the cultural context of science and mathematics education. (DS)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Mathematics, College Science, Cultural Influences