Secretary’s Science Summit
Presentation by Dr. Grover J. (Russ) Whitehurst
Director Institute of Education Sciences
U.S. Department of Education
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- Research on Science Education, Secretary's Science Summit
- Valued outcomes
- How are we doing?
- NAEP 2000 Proficiency
- TIMSS Science 1995
- Transcript studies
- Bachelor's Degrees Conferred
- OECD Indicators
- What can we do to improve?
- A+ Counties' Standards
- Typical U.S. State Standard
- Spiral by Design?
- What can we do to improve?
- Out-of-field Teaching in Science
- Program Implications
- What can we do to improve?
- Extrapolations are questionable
- Discovery learning
- Misconceptions
- Explaining misconceptions
- Positive Attitudes toward Science
- Positive Self Concept in Science
- Science isn't unique
- Science: Declarative
- Social Studies: Declarative
- Science: Conceptual
- Social Studies: Conceptual
- What can we do to improve?
- Research is Thin
- Type of Research
- Policy Implications
- The Institute of Education Sciences
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Last Modified: 04/15/2004





