There does not seem to have been a great deal of improvement since the tests were administered in the 1980s. About five percent of the students in the eighth-grade sample for the United States. It is higher in both mathematics and science. More teachers in Japanese schools conduct classes that are teacher dominated, authoritarian, and concentrated on rote tasks or memorization. A great majority of mathematics teachers in the U.S. say they know and understand them and use them to plan.
Many teachers think it is primarily a practical and structured guide for addressing real situations.
It is important to give prescriptive and sequential directions before asking students to complete a science experiment. There is a great deal of similarity and not a great deal of difference when compared with the international sample. Emphasis on understanding concepts and developing new ideas. Students are expected to spend more time outside class doing homework. More than 70 percent of the students said they liked it or liked it a lot .