Books from National Academies Press

Precollege Science and Mathematics Teachers: Monitoring Supply, Demand, and Quality
By Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics
The report of a panel assembled by the National Research Council to evaluate the statistics on the supply and demand for science and mathematics teachers concludes that the available data are inadequate and presents recommendations for ...
Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood: Paths Toward Excellence and Equity
By Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Center for Education
This is due, in part, to a lack of opportunities to learn mathematics in early childhood settings or through everyday experiences in the home and in their communities.
Improving Indicators of the Quality of Science and Mathematics Education in Grades K-12
By Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
This book presents a carefully developed monitoring system to track the progress of mathematics and science education, particularly the effects of ongoing efforts to improve students' scientific knowledge and mathematics competency.
Helping Children Learn Mathematics
By Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Center for Education
The book concludes by providing recommended actions for parents and caregivers, teachers, administrators, and policy makers, stressing the importance that everyone work together to ensure a mathematically literate society.
Interdisciplinary Research in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education
By Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
Interdisciplinary Research in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education
Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics
By Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Center for Education
With examples and illustrations, the book presents a portrait of mathematics learning: Research findings on what children know about numbers by the time they arrive in pre-K and the implications for mathematics instruction.
Educating Teachers of Science, Mathematics, and Technology: New Practices for the New Millennium
By National Research Council, Center for Education, Committee on Science and Mathematics Teacher Preparation
As a framework for addressing the task, the book advocates partnerships among school districts, colleges, and universities, with contributions from scientists, mathematicians, teacher educators, and teachers.
Mathematics Education in the Middle Grades: Teaching to Meet the Needs of Middle Grades Learners and to Maintain High Expectations:...
By Mathematics, National Research Council, National Convocation on Mathematics Education in the Middle Grades
This book discusses the challenges before the nation's mathematical sciences community to focus its energy on the improvement of middle grades mathematics education and to begin an ongoing national dialogue on middle grades mathematics ...
Attracting PhDs to K-12 Education: A Demonstration Program for Science, Mathematics, and Technology
By Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs
The National Research Council (NRC) has undertaken a three-phase project to explore the possibility of a program to attract science, mathematics and engineering PhDs to careers in K-12 education.
Leadership Commitments to Improve Value in Health Care: Finding Common Ground: Workshop Summary
By Institute of Medicine, Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine, J. Michael McGinnis
Denny, C. C., E. J. Emanuel, and S. D. Pearson. 2007. Why well-insured patients should demand value-based insurance benefits. JAMA 297(22):2515-2518. Galvin, R. S., S. Delbanco, A. Milstein, and G. Belden. 2005.
Emerging Needs and Opportunities for Human Factors Research
By Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Committee on Human Factors
This book identifies areas that represent new needs and opportunities for human factors research in the coming decades.
Patents in the Knowledge-Based Economy
By National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in the Knowledge-Based Economy
This volume assembles papers commissioned by the National Research Council's Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) to inform judgments about the significant institutional and policy changes in the patent system made over ...
The Last Sorcerers: The Path from Alchemy to the Periodic Table
By Richard Morris
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10722.html THE CONTINUING SEARCH 213 The person who did the most to bring order to this chaos was the American physicist Murray Gell-Mann. Gell-Mann was born in New York in 1929, the son of an Austrian ...
Emerging Safety Science: Workshop Summary
By Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Robert Giffin
Woodcock disagreed, suggesting that if a new technology is introduced with explicit instructions for its use, the health care system will apply it. As an example, she pointed to the experience with abacavir (see Chapter 6).
Breakthrough Business Models: Drug Development for Rare and Neglected Diseases and Individualized Therapies: Workshop Summary
By Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Robert Giffin
... North Carolina JORGE A. TAvEL, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Maryland JANET WOODCOCK, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Maryland Reviewers This report has been reviewed in draft form by vii.
Accelerating the Development of Biomarkers for Drug Safety: Workshop Summary
By Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Development
On October 24, 2008, the IOM's Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation held "Assessing and Accelerating Development of Biomarkers for Drug Safety," a one-day workshop, summarized in this volume, on the value of biomarkers in ...
Toward Health Equity and Patient-Centeredness: Integrating Health Literacy, Disparities Reduction, and Quality Improvement: Workshop Summary
By Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Board on Health Care Services
The Forum on the Science of Health Care Quality Improvement and Implementation, the Roundtable on Health Disparities, and the Roundtable on Health Literacy jointly convened the workshop "Toward Health Equity and Patient-Centeredness: ...
Weighing the Options: Criteria for Evaluating Weight-Management Programs
By Institute of Medicine, Committee to Develop Criteria for Evaluating the Outcomes of Approaches to Prevent and Treat Obesity
Ann. Intern. Med. 119:714–718. Blackburn, G. L., and B. S. Kanders. 1987. Medical evaluation and treatment of the obese patient with cardiovascular disease. Am. J. Cardiol. 60:55–58. Blair, S. N. 1993a. C. H. McCloy Research Lecture: ...
Weight Management: State of the Science and Opportunities for Military Programs
By Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Military Nutrition Research
Ann Intern Med 129:363–369. Duncan JJ, Gordon NF, Scott CB. 1991. Women walking for health and fitness: How much is enough? JAm MedAssoc 266:3295–3299. Dunn AL, Marcus BH, Kampert JB, Garcia ME, Kohl III HW, Blair SN. 1999.
Science and Judgment in Risk Assessment
By National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Commission on Life Sciences
Boca Raton, Ann Arbor, and Boston: CRC Press. p. 93-117. ... Blair, A.; Stewart, P.; O'Berg, M.; Gaffey, W.; Walrath, J.; Ward, J.; Bales, R.; Baplan, S.; Cubit, D. (1986) Mortality among industrial workers exposed to formaldehyde.