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...
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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 what precedes and comes after these programs, this report provides teachers, parents, curriculum developers, administrators, college science and mathematics faculty, and the educational research community with a detailed assessment that can be used to guide change within advanced study programs.
Executive Summary11Introduction172Context of Advanced Study283The Advanced Placement Program644The International Baccalaureate Programme835Other Opportunities and Approaches to Advanced Study1036Learning with Understanding: Seven Principles1177Designing Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, and Professional Development1348Analysis of the AP and IB Programs Based on Learning Research1549Analysis of AP and IB Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, and Professional Development17610Uses, Misuses, and Unintended Consequences of AP and IB18511Recommendations197References206App. A: Overview of Panel Findings and Recommendations229App. B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members253App. C: Statement of Task259Index261Content Panel Reports273
