Topic: Education

A Collaborative Agenda for Improving International Comparative Studies in Education (2000) - The Board on International Comparative Studies in Education was established in 1988 at the request of the U.S. National Center for Education...

A Framework and Principles for International Comparative Studies in Education (1990) - The Board on International Comparative Studies in Education was established in 1988 by the National Research Council, through its Commission on...

A Relationship Restored: Trends in U.S.-China Educational Exchanges, 1978-1984 (1986) - In what The Wall Street Journal calls "the first comprehensive analysis of Sino-American educational exchanges," this volume provides information on...

BICSE Letter Report on Evaluating the Effects of TIMSS (2000) - The Board on International Comparative Studies in Education (BISCE) was established in 1988 to advise the National Science Foundation the conduct of...

Careers in Science and Technology: An International Perspective (1995) - Every industrialized country is concerned with maintaining an adequate supply of individuals interested in careers in science and technology, yet...

China Bound: A Guide to Academic Life and Work in the PRC (1987) - This comprehensive, highly readable handbook simplifies the sometimes complex aspects of day-to-day life in China. Based on the experience of...

Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World (1999) - This volume assesses the evidence, and possible mechanisms, for the associations between women's education, fertility preferences, and fertility in...

Determination of High-Resolution Structures for the Post-Genomic Age (2001) - The U.S. National Research Council sponsored an intensive lab course for researchers from Central/Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States....

Engineering Tasks for the New Century: Japanese and U.S. Perspectives (1999) - The U.S.-Japan bilateral task force was tasked with addressing the following questions: (1) How do Japan and the United States educate and train...

Final Letter Report of the International Technology Education Association Standards Review Committee (1999) - This letter reviews the process in which the National Research Council Standards Review Committee reviewed the document “Standards for Technological...

Global Perspectives for Local Action: Using TIMSS to Improve U.S. Mathematics and Science Education (1999) - The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) raised the alarm about U.S. mathematics and science education. Most Americans are now...

International Benchmarking of US Mathematics Research (1997) - The United States is clearly preeminent in mathematics today. The field is thriving in terms of both quality and opportunities. Not only are there...

International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) (Commission of IMU) - The U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNC/MI) plans, recommends, and encourages projects in areas of international importance in...

International Comparative Studies in Education: Descriptions of Selected Large-Scale Assessments and Case Studies (1995) - This set of international study descriptions represents a status report on 17 projects presented to the Board on International Comparative Studies in...

International Education and Foreign Languages: Keys to Securing America's Future - None available...

International Research Experiences for U.S. Undergraduates: Visiting Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States (INTREU) - This program offers grants to individual U.S. specialists who would like to initiate an international Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)...

Learning from TIMSS: Results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, Summary of a Symposium (1997) - This is a report on a symposium whose primary goal was to seize a moment—soon after the initial release of findings from Third International...

Methodological Advances in Cross-National Surveys of Educational Achievement (2002) - In November 2000, the Board on International Comparative Studies in Education (BICSE) held a symposium to draw on the wealth of experience gathered...

Molecular Interactions of Proteins and DNA: An Intensive Lecture/Laboratory Course (2003) - The Academies organized an intensive course on the Molecular Interactions of Proteins and DNA at the Institute of Biotechnology in Vilnius,...

Policy Implications of International Graduate Students and Postdocs in the United States - Starting in Summer 2004, the study committee will undertake a broad examination of the current status and role of international graduate students and...

Taking Stock: What Have We Learned About Making Education Standards Internationally Competitive? Summary of a Workshop (1997) - The Board on International Comparative Studies sponsored a workshop on November 6, 1996, to take stock of what has been learned about making...

The Academic Research Enterprise within the Industrialized Nations: Comparative Perspectives (1990) - National policies and programs for scientific and technological research are increasingly formulated within an international context. Research...

The Power of Video Technology in International Comparative Research in Education (2001) - Video technology provides a lens through which to view and record classroom practices. International video studies generate data that can create...

The Working Environment for Research in U.S. and Japanese Universities Contrasts and Commonalities (1989) - This paper was presented by the Office of Japan Affairs as background for the first workshop in the series on “Coexistence in a Technological World:...

Understanding Others, Educating Ourselves: Getting More from International Comparative Studies in Education - The U.S. approach to education is not systematically informed by experiences with education in the rest of the world. Since the 1980s, many calls for...

U.S.-Iranian Cooperation in Addressing Global Issues (2000) - In 2000, the leadership of the National Academies accepted an invitation from the leadership of the Iranian Academy of Sciences and the Iranian...

U.S. - Japan Teacher Development Workshop - The Mathematical Sciences Education Board (MSEB) and the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNCMI) took advantage of a unique...

U.S. National Committee for the International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science - The International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science (IUHPS) is a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU). The U.S....