Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education: Joint Hearing Before the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, February 27, 1992, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 - 124 páginas This joint congressional committee hearing focuses on attaining the educational goal of making the United States children first in mathematics and science by the year 2000 as proposed by the President's "America 2000" plan. Witnesses representing the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Education were received. Testimony addressed the roles played by government agencies in coordinating interagency efforts to achieve the national goals for mathematics and science education and gave examples of activities engaged in by the above mentioned agencies in order to reach those goals. Complete texts of the witness' testimony and other speakers is included. (MDH) |
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