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Learning and Understanding: Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U.S. High Schools

This book takes a fresh look at programs for advanced studies for high school students in the United States, with a particular focus on the Advanced Placement and the International Baccalaureate programs, and asks how advanced studies can be significantly improved in general. It also examines two of the core issues surrounding these programs: they can have a profound impact on other components of the education system and participation in the programs has become key to admission at selective institutions of higher education. By looking at what could enhance the quality of high school advanced study programs as well as. | NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING Improving LEAMGand UNDERSTANDING Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U.S. High Schools Committee on Programs for Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in American High Schools Jerry P. Gollub Meryl W. Bertenthal Jay B. Labov and Philip C. Curtis Editors Center for Education Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education National Research Council NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS Washington DC NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS 2101 Constitution Avenue N.W. Washington DC 20418 NOTICE The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This study was conducted under an award from the National Science Foundation and the United States Department of Education Award ESI-9817042 . Any opinions findings conclusions or recommendations expressed in this report are those of the members of the committee and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Learning and understanding improving advanced study of mathematics and science in U.S. high schools Committee on Programs for Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in American High Schools Center for Education Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Jerry P. Gollub . et al. editors. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-309-07440-1 1. Mathematics--Study and teaching Secondary United States. 2. Science Study and teaching Secondary United States. 3. Advanced placement programs Education I. Gollub J. P. 1944- II. National Research Council U.S. . Committee on Programs for Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in American .