Pursuing excellence
Subtitle: a study of U.S. eighth-grade mathematics and science teaching, learning, curriculum, and achievement in international context
By: Lois Peak ; with contributions by Nancy Caldwell ... [et al.].
Contributors: Third International Mathematics and Science Study.
Publisher: National Center for Education Statistics, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Dept. of Education; For sale by U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs.
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- United States; Science -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- United States; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Middle school); Science -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 73).
"Initial findings from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study."
"November 1996"--T.p. verso.
"NCES 97-198"--Cover.