Conference Session

Innovation in Laboratory Studies and Outreach Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Sugg, United States Navy; Bruce Galloway, United States Navy; John Fishell, STEP

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

(TIMSS), the USranked 18th among 21 industrialized nations also per TIMSS, surpassing only Lithuania, Cyprusand South Africa5. New information from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Page 14.856.6Development which consists of 30 member countries shows that American 15 year olds haveactually lost ground in math and science compared to other member countries. In theorganizations latest studies, the highest achieving U.S. students were either at or below itsaverage across member nations. Almost 25 percent of U.S. students demonstrated very lowproficiency in science and 28 percent scored below the minimum level in mathematics. In math