What science knowledge and skills are expected of Floridas high school graduates?
A survey of over 13,000 science educators from across the country, including 4800 high school biology, chemistry, earth space, and physics faculty, as well as 6642 post-secondary professors evenly spread across the major disciplines, revealed that the educational priorities of high school science teachers are out of alignment with those of their counterparts at the college level. In short, the report concludes that while high school science teachers — and state science standards — tend to place a premium on specific content knowledge, a large majority of college professors polled placed more importance on student attainment of science process and inquiry skills. Full ACT Report Understanding University Success (Center for Educational Policy Research, 2003). Understanding University Success describes foundational skills and content standards (elsewhere referred to as Knowledge and Skills for University Success) in English, mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, second languag
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