And they teach English and computer science and ordinary science subjects and mathematics as well.
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The curriculum was demanding, including instruction in English and mathematics, as well as religion.
Ofsted noted that "most students join the academy with skills in reading, writing and mathematics that are well below the national averages".
The IEA is probably best known for its Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), an international large-scale assessment of learning outcomes (ILSA) for primary school learners in science and mathematics, as well as for PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study).
As noted above, U.S. 4th graders do fairly well in mathematics and science, but by the time they graduate from high school, U.S. students are nowhere near being "first in the world" in either subject.
The mathematics of gas molecules are well understood, and provide a surprisingly good starting point for analysing the behaviour of cars.
They believed in education, for women as well as men, which meant mathematics, chemistry and geology as much as Latin and Greek.
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Arne Duncan, releasing a report on the Department of Education's latest examination of how well American children are doing in mathematics, said no one should be satisfied with what it found.
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D. in particle physics from Cambridge University, is well equipped to describe all the arcane mathematics in layman's language.
Ongoing SDU activities include the development and maintenance of the award-winning "Enhance your Audience", or EyA. system, which webcasts all physics and mathematics lectures given through ICTP's Diploma Programme, as well as selected ICTP conferences and workshops.
The mathematics is just fine: the knowledge of the financial markets, well, not so much.
The mathematics of the coalition will not change - but the psychology may well be profoundly influenced.
"The word bubbly that's kind of a corny word but that describes her very well, " said Tasso Kaper, chairman of the mathematics and statistics department at Boston University.
The aim is to discover not what pupils know but how well they can manipulate what they have learned in reading, mathematics and science.
Besides securing the brightest minds in sports management, finance, economics, information technology and mathematics, Major League Baseball would be targeting exceptional individuals with an affinity for baseball as well as the capabilities to conduct quantitative research.
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British pupils fare relatively well in science, performing better than the OECD average, but in reading and mathematics they are mediocre.
Today we are well into the Information Age, where we need students knowledgeable in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in order to satisfy employment demands for a wide range of industries.
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