Report of the 2000 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education
Iris R. Weiss, Eric R. Banilower, Kelly C. McMahon, P. Sean Smith
December 2001
The Report of 2000 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education details the results of a survey of 5,765 science and mathematics teachers in schools across the United States. Areas addressed include: teacher backgrounds and beliefs, teachers as professionals, science and mathematics courses, instructional objectives and activities, instructional resources, and factors affecting instruction.
The Report may be downloaded as one large, 2 megabyte document or one chapter at a time:
All
instruments and reports are available in PDF format and require Adobe
Acrobat Reader. If you don't already have Acrobat Reader, you can download
it for free from Adobe's
website.
If you downloaded any part of the report prior to January 1, 2002, a new version is now available. The old version has been removed and replaced with the newest version. Please be sure to download the new version as it includes a number of updates to the data in the report.
Download Complete Report
Download Chapter by Chapter
- Front matter (Table of Contents, etc.) (PDF, 178 K)
- Chapter One: Introduction (PDF, 25 K)
- Chapter Two: Teacher Backgrounds and Beliefs (PDF, 123 K)
- Chapter Three: Teachers as Professionals (PDF, 78 K)
- Chapter Four: Science and Mathematics Courses (PDF, 67 K)
- Chapter Five: Instructional Objectives and Activities (PDF, 92 K)
- Chapter Six: Instructional Resources (PDF, 70 K)
- Chapter Seven: Factors Affecting Instruction (PDF, 56 K)
- References (PDF, 7 K)
Appendices
- Appendix A: Sample Design (PDF, 44 K)
- Appendix B: Survey Questionnaires (PDF, 1.1 M)
- Appendix C: Pre-Survey Mailout (PDF, 45 K)
- Appendix D: Description of Data Collection (PDF, 27 K)
- Appendix E: Description of Reporting Variables (PDF, 136 K)
Printed Reports
Printed reports may be ordered from Horizon Research, Inc. Please see the order form and instructions.