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Stories tagged with: nations
10 Surprising Countries That Beat Us in Science
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http://www.onlineuniversities.com/10-surprising-countries-th...
The U.S. stands out from the crowd in many ways, but average test scores in science and math usually don’t place our nation in the top tier. While there are many top-notch educational facilities in our country, from elementary all the way up to college, overall, the American educational system could use a major overhaul. Students simply haven’t been keeping up with those in other nations when it comes to learning the basics of math and science, a fact that could leave us behind in an economy driven by technology.While there are many nations with amazing educational systems that you might expect to outpace American students in science, there are a number of other, more surprising, countries that fare better as well. Here, we’ve listed just a few of the countries you might not expect to best us in science scores, but that national studies have found actually do — with some beating Americans quite soundly.
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Submitted by GoldenHeart
2 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 7 hours agoTags: countries, science, nations, educational system, technol
NationMaster, a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations
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http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Using the form above, you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease.
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Submitted by zahorin
60 months, 3 days, 8 hours agoTags: nations, data source, maps, graphs, statistics
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