NAEP Geography -- Geography 2001 Major Results More Information. See the NCES Deputy Commissioner's statement about the geographyresults. See the prepared remarks of us Secretary of Education Rod Paige. http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/geography/results/
Extractions: /* The menu array defines which options are desired. The name of the menu array must be the same name as the menu with the first letter capped. Each menu has 3 options: (both 2 and 3 are required if "use image offset" is true) 1. Use image offset? T/F The image offset to be used has to to have to name: "menu"+menu number+"Image" 2. x offset from starting point 3. y offset from starting point */ var Menu1 = [true,19,20]; var Menu2 = [true,20,20]; Overview Current Activities National State ... ED.gov NAEP 2001 geography was a continuation of an assessment first administered in 1994. National samples were selected from approximately 1,100 public and nonpublic schools at grades 4, 8, and 12. Approximately 25,000 students were assessed in the national sample. Questions addressed three main content areas: Space and Place, Environment and Society, and Spatial Dynamics and Connections. Students answered multiple-choice and constructed-response questions.
Extractions: site index ED.gov Pubs Last 90 Days Press Releases ... IES News A new report released today by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) shows that average scores of the nation's fourth and eighth graders, while low, have improved from 1994. Lower-performing students at grades four and eight showed an increase in average scale scores, whereas no overall changes were seen for 12th graders. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) survey, The Nation's Report Card: U.S. Geography 2001 , the improvements for fourth-and eighth-graders were seen among students scoring in the tenth and 25th percentiles of performance. Black fourth-graders' scores improved, resulting in narrowing the gap between Black and White students' scores. Sizeable gaps remain, however, between the average performance of Black and Hispanic students and that of White students. The findings from this new geography assessment were presented at a news conference at the Department of Education with Deputy Commissioner Gary Phillips, Secretary of Education Rod Paige, Daniel Domenech of the National Assessment Governing Board, and Gilbert Grosvenor of the National Geographic Society. In addition to average scale scores, student performance on NAEP is also reported as percents of students performing at or above three achievement levels, Basic, Proficient, and Advanced. The scale scores show what students know and can do and the achievement levels are intended to describe standards for what students should know and be able to do.
Project GeoSim - Geography Education Software. Software for introductory geography courses. Modules include human population, migration modeling, Category Science Social Sciences geography Software Mental Maps (MMap) MMap is a geography quiz program. Congressional Apportionment(MigPol) MigPol simulates the effects of population shifts on the us House of http://geosim.cs.vt.edu/
Extractions: Project GeoSim is a joint research project of the Departments of Computer Science and Geography at Virginia Tech. We are creating education modules for introductory geography courses. These modules typically have two parts: The following GeoSim modules are currently available: Human Population (HumPop) and International Population (IntlPop) HumPop is a multimedia tutorial program. IntlPop is a population simulation program.
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Extractions: Geography and our identification with it, give us a sense of place. Geography also affects our national identity, and for many National Parks is the fundamental reason for their establishment as parks. Therefore, the application of geographic concepts to park management and public education about parks is a natural step. Geography provides the framework, the lines of latitude and longitude, a unique position on the Earth's surface from which park resources can be studied and related.The modeling of landscapes can give us valuable information about the park ecosystem or historical setting, and help us visualize how it will look in the future under various management strategies... MORE->> GIS Related Links DID YOU KNOW?
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My Community, Our Earth The projects used the methods and tools of geography to show how their to MyCOE2002 by students, teachers, mentors, and sponsors has encouraged us to find http://www.geography.com/sustainable/
QuizDom: Collection Of Trivia Quizzes. Categorized collection of interactive trivia quizzes covering a range of subjects including arts, animals, entertainment, geography, history, science, words, and people. http://www.queendom.com/mindgames/quizdom/index.html
IB Notes Links to sites with notes on various IB subjects, like Economics, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, geography, Computer Science. http://www.angelfire.com/wizard/ib-notes/index.html
Extractions: IB Notes Last Updated: 16 March 2003 Updates: I fixed the link. IB Past Papers can now be found online. IB Past Papers Added a new section, IB Humour If you would like to contribute to this list email me Subjects are listed alphabetically. IB Anthropology Notes Anthropology notes. Gresham HS: IB Biology Biology notes. IB Biology Notes Biology notes, inlcuding option topics. IB Biology Syllabus Biology notes, including Option D and H. Not complete. ibscrewed.com Resources Biology HL notes. Kimball's Biology Pages Not exactly IB Biology. It's an online biology textbook, organized by topics. IB Notes Chemistry notes for SL and HL, including option topics. Or download as a zip file. IB Resources Chemistry Lab Reports. BUPS/BIS IB Computer Course Notes for the SL and HL courses. The notes are under "Coursework". IB Computing Notes for the SL and HL courses. St Julian's School Computer Science Homepage Computer Science notes, including programming (Pascal). ECA IB Computer Science HL Computer Science notes, including programming (C++). Some programs designed by students.
Index Course offerings, alumni list and conference information.Category Reference Education College of Arts and SciencesCollege of Arts and Sciences. Department of geography. What is geography?geography is the science of space and place at the Earth's surface. http://www.geog.unt.edu/
Extractions: What is Geography? Geography is the science of space and place at the Earth's surface. It is a highly integrative and synthetic discipline which weaves together information from the physical and social sciences in attempting to understand the human condition and its relationship to the environment. Geographers seek answers to a wide range of questions. Where are the best locations for new clinics to improve the delivery of health care in a city? What is the spatial relationship of landuse to the quality of surface water in a reservoir? In attempting to answer such complex questions geographers now use cutting edge information technology including remote sensing, geographic information systems, and global positioning systems. If these are the types of questions that interest you, and the technologies that challenge you, then you should consider a career in geography. The Department of Geography is located in the Environmental Education, Science and Technology (
Geographic Nameserver Search engine which provides zip and postal codes for many towns and cities worldwide. This server contains mostly information on locations within the us. It uses the information from the geographic http://www.mit.edu:8001/geo
Extractions: If you are looking for listings by city or zip code information, you could also try: http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer/ For example, enter " cambridge, ma " to look up Cambridge, Massachusetts. If you enter just " cambridge ", you will get information on all towns called Cambridge. This server contains mostly information on locations within the US. It uses the information from the geographic nameserver database formerly on martini.eecs.umich.edu. Placename:
Geographic Name Server/Xerox Map Gateway us Gazetteer. This service was a gateway between the Geographic Name Server atmartini.eecs.umich.edu and the World Wide Web, with links to maps from Xerox. http://wings.buffalo.edu/geogw
Extractions: The geographic name server is gone. The machine that ran it (a very old Vax) failed, and we do not have source code to port it to a new machine. If you really want it, the (badly outdated) data is available for anonymous ftp on "ftp.eecs.umich.edu" in the "/pub/eecs/geo" directory. So, if you're reading this, you have two choices: FTP the data directly Use the Census Bureau's U.S. Gazetteer
K-8 Education Place | Social Studies Center The Social Studies Center social studiesrelated resources that include textbooksupport, an interactive geography game, outline maps http://www.eduplace.com/ss/
ThinkQuest Test your geographic knowledge on this online game and quiz site. Contains geographic web resources that allow you to explore world geography in greater detail. http://library.advanced.org/10157/
Geography And Map Division Homepage, Library Of Congress History and background of the geography and map division, and reference services and guides. Includes a large, searchable collection of online North American maps in the public domain, dating from 1544 to present. http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/
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Cyber-Geography Research An initiative to map cyberspace, this site contains a variety of pages dedicated to helping the viewing not only understand cyber geography but to visualize it as well. http://www.cybergeography.org/