What Are the Major Findings From the TIMSS 1999 Video Study of Eighth-Grade Science Teaching?
Figure 3. Percentage distribution of eighth-grade science lessons devoted to life science, earth science, physics, chemistry, and other areas, by country: 1999 ‡Reporting standards not met. Too few cases to be reported. 1AUS=Australia; CZE=Czech Republic; JPN=Japan; NLD=Netherlands; and USA=United States. NOTE: Detail may not sum to 100 because of rounding. Other areas include: interactions of science, technology, and society, nature of scientific knowledge, and science and mathematics. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), Video Study, 1999.