Summer+Research+Topics

=Articles= = =
 * Education Week 12/12/07: Sustained Coaching vs. Workshops
 * Educational fads come and go, but coaching for teachers is fast becoming a tool of choice for striving districts. That’s in part because of a research consensus that teachers are the most important factor in student learning among those that schools can control.Workshops and courses, experts argue, don’t come close to doing the job. The assistance has to be sustained and as much a part of teachers’ daily work as possible, they say.
 * Importance of K-12 connection to local research institutions. Education Week 12/4/07: Hidden Gems for Helping Science Educators
 * Education Week 10/23/07: **When it Comes to Math and Science, Mom and Dad Count: Parent Attitudes influence how their offspring take to those subjects**. Parent Attitude Influence>
 * ===Gender Differences at Ensworth: Monitor===
 * ===AP SCIENCE ENROLLMENT BY GENDER FOR 2007 56% Male 44% Female===
 * ===AP SCIENCE ENROLLMENT BY GENDER FOR 2006 38% Male 62% Female (pass rate identical)===
 * ===GENDER DIFFERENCES (AP SCIENCE SCORES)===
 * ===Clubs and Projects to stimulate interest at lower levels===
 * Education Week 10/09/07: **Science Education’s ‘Overlooked Ingredient’: Why the Path to Global Competitiveness Begins in Elementary School**: Elementary Science
 * No to Urgent Math Science Upgrades Science Magazine 09/28/07: **US Says No to Next Global Test of Advanced Math, Science Students**: No to Global Math Science Test
 * Education Week 09/19/07: **Parents, Students Feel Less Urgency for Math, Science Upgrades**: No to Urgent Math Science Upgrades

=Data/Reports=
 * New results from the [|2006 Program for International Student Assessment], or PISA, released today, show U.S. students ranking lower, on average, than their peers in 16 other countries in science, out of 30 developed nations taking part in the exam.
 * When compared with their peers from other developed nations, U.S. students scored best—meaning only 7 points lower than the international average—on questions that asked them to identify scientific issues. They were at their worst—scoring 14 points below the international norm—in “explaining phenomena scientifically,” which testing officials defined as interpreting science and predicting changes, and identifying the correct descriptions, explanations, and predictions.
 * Many American elected officials and policymakers in recent years have repeatedly voiced worries that the United States will gradually lose its international economic edge if students’ math and science skills do not improve, given the flourishing school systems and growing economies in a number of other countries. Business and technology leaders have argued that more U.S. students need to be encouraged to acquire, and be provided with, the necessary academic skills to enter math- and science-related professions.
 * **I Can, But I Don’t Want To: The Impact of Parents, Interests, and Activities on Gender Differences in Math, 2005**[[file:I can but....pdf]]
 * **A National Action Plan for Addressing the Critical Needs of the U.S. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education System**, October 2007
 * A link to the Report [|STEM report link]
 * A Power Point Presentation on the Report [[file:2007STEMreport.ppt]]
 * An article by the NSTA about the Report [|News Article]
 * Notes about the report StemReportNotes
 * **Important, but Not for Me. Parents and Student in Kansas and Missouri Talk about Math, Science, and Technology Education**, Fall 2007
 * [[file:important_but_not_for_me.pdf]] //No to Urgent Math Science Upgrades (Link to related article)//
 * T**he America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act (COMPETES)** Summer 2007
 * Committee on Science and Technology, US House of Representatives [|Home Page]
 * [|Legislative Highlights]
 * Subcommittee on Research and Science Education [|Subcommittee News]
 * =Educator Resources (GREAT MODEL FOR US) [|Resources]= = =

=Links=
 * National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [|NCTM]
 * National Science Teachers Association [|NSTA]
 * National Association of Research in Science Teaching [|NARST]
 * Physics Education Research [|PER]
 * Physics Education Group [|PhysEdGroup]
 * American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Education Research [|DIVCHED]
 * Chemistry Education (Purdue U) [|ChemEd]
 * National Science Foundation [|NSF]
 * National Science Foundation: Research on Learning [|NSF Ed Research]
 * National Science Foundation Education and Human Resources [|EHR]