Pursuing excellence : initial findings from the Third International Math and Science Study.

Format:

Government document

Video

Contributor:

National Center for Education Statistics, producer.

United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, producer.

Third International Mathematics and Science Study, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Third International Mathematics and Science Study.

Mathematics--Study and teaching (Middle school)--Statistics.

Mathematics.

Mathematics--Study and teaching (Middle school)--United States.

Mathematics--Study and teaching (Middle school).

Academic achievement--Statistics.

Academic achievement.

Eighth grade (Education).

Statistics.

Science--Study and teaching (Middle school).

United States.

Science--Study and teaching (Middle school)--Statistics.

Science.

Science--Study and teaching (Middle school)--United States.

Eighth grade (Education)--Statistics.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (13 min., 40 sec.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Development, National Center for Education Statistics : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., [1997?]

System Details:

VHS.

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

Summarizes the key findings of the TIMSS, a survey carried on in 41 countries, at the eighth-grade level, with respect to curriculum and learning expectations, teaching, teachers' lives, and students' lives.

Notes:

(DGPO)97065004

Subtitle on cassette label: Eighth-grade findings from the Third International Math and Science Study.

Shipping list no.: 97-0052-E.

"For more information about TIMSS and a discussion guide to this video, see our website at http://www.ed.gov/NCES/timss"--Container.

"NCES 97-941"--Cassette label.

06/26/97

OCLC:

37278922