Identification of Curriculum and Other Factors Associated with Student Achievement in Science

研究人员寻求支持，以继续分析一个项目，该项目已将第三届国际数学与科学研究（TIMSS）与美国青年纵向研究（LSAY）的信息合并。LSAY是一项纵向研究，专注于公立高中学生在高中学习数学和科学的经历。该提案将通过分析学生在高中时期使用的教科书的内容来关注科学的学习。这些教科书是根据一个框架来确定和编码的，这个框架允许学生在教育经历中接触课程与其他因素的相关性。这个项目的目的是识别和模拟与美国学生科学成绩相关的主要因素。

The investigators seek support to continue analysis of a project that has merged information from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) with the Longitudinal Study of American Youth (LSAY). The LSAY is a longitudinal study that concentrates on the high school experience for learning mathematics and science of a national sample of students from public high schools. This proposal would concentrate on the learning of science by analyzing the content of textbooks used by the students during their high school years. These textbooks have been identified and coded according to a framework that permits correlation of exposure to curriculum with other factors in the student's educational experiences. The purpose of this project is to identify and model the primary factors associated with U.S. student achievement in science.