{"id":567,"date":"2016-08-15T19:53:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T19:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/instruction-for-mathematics-and-science-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades-2\/"},"modified":"2016-09-15T16:33:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T16:33:12","slug":"instruction-for-mathematics-and-science-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/instruction-for-mathematics-and-science-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Instruction for Mathematics and Science in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"carouselwrap\"><div id=\"menu-armenia\" class=\"carouselmenu\"><a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Introduction<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/the-mathematics-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>The Mathematics Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/the-science-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>The Science Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/teachers-teacher-education-and-professional-development-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Teachers, Teacher Education, and Professional Development<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/instruction-for-mathematics-and-science-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Instruction for Mathematics and Science in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/monitoring-student-progress-in-mathematics-and-science-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Monitoring Student Progress in Mathematics and Science<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/use-and-impact-of-timss-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Use and Impact of TIMSS<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/suggested-readings-2\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Suggested Readings<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/armenia\/references\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>References<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/div><\/div>\t<style>\n\t\t.carouselwrap{\n\t\t\tbackground: #e5eaef;\n\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t.owl-item a{\n\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff;\n\t\t\tborder: 4px #00b2cc solid;\n\t\t\tcolor: #000000;\n\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t.owl-item a:hover,\n\t\t.owl-item a:focus,\n\t\t.owl-item a.current-menu-item{\n\t\t\tbackground: #00667f;\n\t\t\tborder: 4px #00b2cc solid;\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tcolor: #ffffff;\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n<h2>Instruction for Mathematics and Science in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/h2>\n<p>Exhibit 1 presents the number of instructional hours per week for mathematics and science subjects in Grades 1 to 9.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibit 1: Instructional Hours for Mathematics and Science Subjects, Grades 1\u20139<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"tableEncyc\">\n<tr class=\"heading borderBottom\">\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n      Subjects <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"9\">\n      Grade Level\n    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"heading\">\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">\n      &nbsp;\n    <\/td>\n<td  class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">\n      1\n    <\/td>\n<td  class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">\n      2\n    <\/td>\n<td  class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">\n      3\n    <\/td>\n<td  class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">\n      4\n    <\/td>\n<td  class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">\n      5\n    <\/td>\n<td class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">\n      6\n    <\/td>\n<td  class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">\n      7\n    <\/td>\n<td  class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">\n      8\n    <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"borderBottom\">\n      9\n    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" class=\"headingInside borderBottom borderRight\">\n      Nature\n    <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">1 <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">1 <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">1 <\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">1<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" class=\"headingInside borderBottom borderRight\">\n      Natural\u00a0   Science\u00a0\u00a0\n    <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">2<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">2<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" class=\"headingInside borderBottom borderRight\">\n      Geography\n    <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">1<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">1<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">2<\/td>\n<td nowrap colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" class=\"headingInside borderBottom borderRight\">\n      Geography of Armenia\n    <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" class=\"headingInside borderBottom borderRight\">\n      Physics\n    <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">2<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">2<\/td>\n<td nowrap colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" class=\"headingInside borderBottom borderRight\">\n      Chemistry\n    <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">1<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">2<\/td>\n<td nowrap colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" class=\"headingInside borderBottom borderRight\">\n      Biology\n    <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">2<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">2<\/td>\n<td nowrap colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" class=\"headingInside borderBottom borderRight\">\n      Mathematics\n    <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">5 <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">5 <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">5 <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">5 <\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">5 <\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">5 <\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" class=\"headingInside borderBottom borderRight\">\n      Algebra\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n    <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">3<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">3<\/td>\n<td nowrap colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" class=\"headingInside borderBottom borderRight\">\n      Geometry\n    <\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">2<\/td>\n<td nowrap valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom borderRight\">2<\/td>\n<td nowrap colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" class=\"borderBottom\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Grade at Which Specialist Teachers for Mathematics and Science are Introduced<\/h3>\n<p>  In general, Armenian students do not have subject-specific teachers for mathematics and science in the primary grades (Grades 1 to 4). Beginning in middle school, students have separate teachers for mathematics and each science subject.<\/p>\n<h3>Instructional Materials, Equipment, and Laboratories<\/h3>\n<p>  In Armenia, all schools use the same textbooks, which are selected by the Ministry of Education and Science on a competitive basis. Teachers are allowed to use alternative textbooks in addition to textbooks approved by the Ministry. For practical science coursework, laboratory equipment is used widely for scientific experimentation in addition to other equipment (e.g., models of molecules of different substances, models of physical mechanisms, models of human and animal body parts). During geography lessons, maps, globes, and models of Earth&rsquo;s surface may be used. Wall posters, tables, formulas, and pictures of famous scientists with accompanying biographies also are used widely for all subjects.<\/p>\n<h3>Use of Technology<\/h3>\n<p>  All schools in Armenia are equipped with computers, and nearly all schools are connected to the Internet. In many schools there is a computer room for instructional use. In addition, computers are used to generate lists of teachers and students, databases, and assessment results. Computers also are used to deliver animated lessons and presentations to students. Computers, the Internet, and modern technologies are necessary tools used in every school to support the development of student abilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instruction for Mathematics and Science in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades Exhibit 1 presents the number of instructional hours per week for mathematics and science subjects in Grades 1 to 9. 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