Donna F. Stroup|Stephen B. Thacker
Epidemiology and Education: Using Public Health for Teaching Mathematics and Science
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
donna f stroup phd msca stephen b thacker md mscb scientific technological advances modern world bring clear benefits society especially improvements health time creation opportunities enable students reach full potential education high priority1 indeed 2006 state union address president united states emphasized importance education mathematics science2 nonetheless recent critiques k12 education noted us school systems produce students inadequate skills knowledge science mathematics example many students perceive health science courses take unrelated decisions make daily lives3 teachers often trained inadequately math science might uncomfortable teaching subjects4 less time spent science nationwide instruction subject time often focuses passive learning facts rather science way asking questions testing hypotheses3 perhaps result majority children elect stop studying science soon allowed option5 address gap motivate change educational testing service princeton new jersey piloting information literacy test geared toward high school seniors provides colleges universities tool assessing science technology skills entering freshmen6 addition foreign advances science rival exceed united states7 2000 asian universities accounted approximately 12 million worlds science math degrees european universities graduated 850000 science math north american universities us canada accounted 5000008 european union asia pacific nations steadily increased world share journal literature physical sciences surpassing united states output papers physics chemistry materials science9 although imbalance might resulted increase number foreign journals since 1983 reasonable number american scientists publishing exclusively foreign journals offset number foreign scientists publishing american journals making underestimate imbalance clearly