Asian countries dominate, science teaching criticised in survey

[Jim__]

Singapore ranked first, the US ranked 25th among OECD countries. From phys.org:

Asian countries dominated the top places in a key survey released Tuesday of high-school skills, but the report criticised science teaching in many countries.

The PISA survey of 15-year-olds in 72 countries and economies found that the quality of science lessons was more important than equipment or even staffing levels.

And it confirmed earlier findings that loading students down with homework or extra tuition was rarely the key to success in science.

Singapore came top of the table for its teaching of science, reading and mathematics.

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[jonno99]

1. Well, at least US students feel good about themselves:

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthday/story?id=6238757&page=1

[awoke_in_2003]

2. Rec for exposure

In this country, the bible is more revered than science books.

[FarCenter]

3. The Bible says very little about mathematics, where we do worse than in science.

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Across the globe, American students were outperformed by their counterparts in 36 countries in math; 18 countries in science and 14 countries in reading.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-12-math-teens-science-flat.html#jCp

When looking at a comparable sample of countries that participated in the PISA exam in both 2012 (the last time the test was administered) and 2015, the US ranking fell to 35th from 28th in math.

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-criticism-of-us-public-schools-pisa-results-2016-12

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