Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation [www.ericae.net]
This website provides information and resources pertaining to educational
assessment, evaluation, and learning theory. The ERIC Clearinghouse
on Assessment and Evaluation at the University of Maryland, Department
of Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation, is one of 16 subject-oriented
clearinghouses operated by the U. S. Department of Education, Office
of Educational Research and Improvement.
Improving Mathematics in Middle School: Lessons
From TIMSS and Related Research [www.ed.gov/inits/Math/silr-cov.html]
This report is based on a longer, forthcoming study titled
"Enhancing Mathematics Teaching and Learning in the Middle
School Years: Lessons From TIMSS and Related Research" by Edward
A. Silver.
Issues in Science & Technology [bob.nap.edu/issues/]
Issues in Science & Technology is a forum for discussion
of public policy related to science, engineering, and medicine.
This includes policy for science (how we nurture the health of the
research enterprise) and science for policy (how we use knowledge
more effectively to achieve social goals), with emphasis on the
latter. It is a publication of the National Academy of Sciences,
the National Academy of Engineering, and the University of Texas
at Dallas.
Mathematics and Science
Education Expert Panels (U.S. Department of Education) [www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ORAD/KAD/expert_panel/math-science.html]
This site features mathematics and science curricula programs chosen
as either promising or exemplary by the U.S. Department of Education's
Expert Panel on Mathematics and Science Education.
Math Forum Internet Mathematics Library
[www.mathforum.org/library/]
This library includes research and resources
in mathematics and mathematics education.
National Center of Educational Statistics
[www.nces.ed.gov/help/sitemap.asp]
The primary federal source of educational data in the United States
and other nations.
National Center for Improving Student Learning
and Achievement in Mathematics and Science (NCISLA) [www.wcer.wisc.edu/ncisla]
The NCISLA is conducting an intensive, nationally coordinated research
program in collaboration with teachers to advance effective reform
of K-12 mathematics and science instruction. Charged by the U.S.
Department of Education in 1996 to build a solid research base about
ways instruction can be improved, Center researchers have been working
with teachers and diverse student populations to develop new mathematics
and science learning environments and professional development models.
They have been investigating:
- student reasoning
- mathematics and science instruction
- student assessment
- teacher professional development
- school features that support learning and achievement.
National Association for Research
in Science Teaching (NARST): Research Matters to the Science Teacher
[www.educ.sfu.ca/narstsite/publications/research/research.html]
The purpose of NARST is to promote research in science education
at all levels and to disseminate research findings in such ways
as to improve science teaching. This site takes you directly to
research reports.
State of the Art: Transforming Ideas for
Teaching and Learning Science (September 1993) [www.ed.gov/pubs/StateArt/Science/]
The U.S. Department of Education (U.S.ED) would like to share ideas
drawn from research and promising practices in science education.
These ideas are addressed specifically to educators, but the U.S.ED
believes they are important to anybody concerned with science education
in elementary, middle, and junior high schools. They include families
and other concerned adults, as they have an important role in our
children's science learning and can provide support at home and
in the community for improved science education.
State of the Art: Transforming Ideas for Teaching
and
Learning Mathematics (July 1993) [www.ed.gov/pubs/StateArt/Math/]
State of the art is a goal that every school mathematics
program in the United States would say it strives to attain. It
is a goal owed our children, and it is reachable. State of the art
depends upon curriculum reform. In the current national curriculum
reform movement, initiated by the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics and supported at all levels by those involved with mathematics
education, it is particularly exciting to be engaged in transforming
mathematics teaching and learning to reach the state of the art
in mathematics.
Third International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS) [www.nces.ed.gov/TIMSS/]
The TIMSS and the Third International Mathematics and Science Study-Repeat
(TIMSS-R) resulted from the need in the American education community
for reliable and timely data on the mathematics and science achievement
of our students compared to that of students in other countries.
University of Hawaii's Center on Disability
Studies (CDS) [www.cds.hawaii.edu]
The Center for Disability Studies, a Hawaii University Affiliated
Program, is part of a national program of 60 University Affiliated
Programs funded under the Development Disabilities Act by the Administration
of Developmental Disabilities. CDS's primary purpose is to promote
the quality of life for persons with disabilities in every state
and territory. CDS Hawaii has done extensive work in the field of
special education throughout the region, from technical services
to teacher training.
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