{"id":6059,"date":"2016-09-16T20:25:06","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T20:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/?page_id=6059"},"modified":"2016-10-05T16:24:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T16:24:00","slug":"instructional-emphasis-in-mathematics-and-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/introduction\/instructional-emphasis-in-mathematics-and-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructional Emphasis in Mathematics and Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"carouselwrap\"><div id=\"menu-introduction\" class=\"carouselmenu\"><a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/introduction\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>Introduction<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/introduction\/timss-2015-20-years-of-monitoring-trends\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>TIMSS 2015: 20 Years of Monitoring Trends<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/introduction\/timss-and-timss-advanced-in-2015\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>TIMSS and TIMSS Advanced in 2015<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/introduction\/the-importance-of-country-and-school-contexts-in-making-international-comparisons\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>The Importance of Country and School Contexts in  Making International Comparisons<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/introduction\/demographics-of-the-timss-2015-countries\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>Demographics of the TIMSS 2015 Countries<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/introduction\/timss-2015-achievement-results-and-context-questionnaire-data\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>TIMSS 2015 Achievement Results and Context Questionnaire Data<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/introduction\/organization-of-the-timss-2015-encyclopedia\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>Organization of the TIMSS 2015 Encyclopedia<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/introduction\/highlights-of-timss-2015-curriculum-questionnaire-results\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>Highlights of TIMSS 2015 Curriculum Questionnaire Results<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/introduction\/instructional-emphasis-in-mathematics-and-science\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>Instructional Emphasis in Mathematics and Science<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/introduction\/updating-the-mathematics-and-science-curricula\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>Updating the Mathematics and Science Curricula<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/introduction\/investing-in-technology-to-improve-mathematics-and-science-learning\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>Investing in Technology to Improve Mathematics and Science Learning<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/introduction\/raising-the-requirements-for-mathematics-and-science-teaching\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>Raising the Requirements for Mathematics and Science Teaching<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/introduction\/highlights-of-encyclopedia-chapters\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>Highlights of Encyclopedia Chapters<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/introduction\/references\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><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>Instructional Emphasis in Mathematics and Science<\/h2>\n<p>Almost all the TIMSS 2015 participants reported having official documents guiding the curriculum for preprimary education programs for children age 3 or older, such as kindergarten, and these guidelines included mathematics and often science (Exhibit 4).<\/p>\n<p>Based on the countries\u2019 reports, about one-fourth to one-third of the available instructional time in primary and lower secondary schools is devoted to mathematics and science education combined, with some shift from more emphasis on mathematics than science in primary schools to more emphasis on science than mathematics in lower secondary schools. Exhibits 9 and 10 contain countries\u2019 reports about the time devoted to the mathematics and science curricula at the fourth and eighth grades, respectively. At fourth grade, typically 15 percent to 20 percent of instructional time is allocated to mathematics instruction, and approximately 5 percent to 10 percent (although it varies considerably) to science education. At eighth grade, typically 10 percent to 15 percent of instructional time is allocated to mathematics instruction, and 15 percent to 25 percent (although with wide variation) to science education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instructional Emphasis in Mathematics and Science Almost all the TIMSS 2015 participants reported having official documents guiding the curriculum for preprimary education programs for children age 3 or older, such as kindergarten, and these guidelines included mathematics and often science &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/introduction\/instructional-emphasis-in-mathematics-and-science\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":6050,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6059","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6059"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6805,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6059\/revisions\/6805"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}