2018 NSSME+: Trends in U.S. Science Education From 2012 to 2018

This report focuses on trends in science education between 2012 and 2018.

The report is organized into major topical areas:

• science teachers’ backgrounds and beliefs;

• teachers’ opportunities for professional development;

• time spent on science in the elementary grades and science offerings at the secondary level;

• instructional objectives of science classes and the activities teachers use to achieve these objectives;

• availability and use of various types of instructional resources; and

• factors that are likely to affect science instruction, including school-wide programs, practices, and problems.

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