Science Instructional Resources Usage in Elementary and Middle School Classes
Explore the utilization of instructional resources in science classes across elementary and middle schools. The data showcases the distribution of various types of resources such as textbooks, kits/modules, online units, and more designated for educational purposes. Discover the percentage breakdown of classes using different instructional materials in elementary and middle school science programs.
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Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Instructional Instructional Resources Resources Science Science
Use of Textbooks and Other Use of Textbooks and Other Instructional Resources Instructional Resources
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Science Classes for Which the Science Classes for Which the District Designates District Designates Instructional Materials to Be Materials to Be Used Used Instructional 100 80 72 66 Percent of Classes 58 60 40 20 0 Elementary Middle High
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Elementary Science Elementary Science Classes for Which Various Types of Various Types of Instructional Instructional Resources Are Designated Resources Are Designated Classes for Which Commercially published textbooks 67 Commercially published kits/modules 51 State, county, or district-developed units or lessons 43 Lessons or resources from websites that have a fee 39 Lessons or resources from websites that are free 20 Online units or courses that students work through at their own pace 9 0 20 40 60 80 100 Percent of Classes
Middle School Science Middle School Science Classes for Which Various Types of Which Various Types of Instructional Resources Are Designated Resources Are Designated Classes for Instructional Commercially published textbooks 87 Lessons or resources from websites that have a fee 39 Commercially published kits/modules 36 State, county, or district-developed units or lessons 32 Lessons or resources from websites that are free 26 Online units or courses that students work through at their own pace 15 0 20 40 60 80 100 Percent of Classes
High School Science High School Science Classes for Which Various Types of Various Types of Instructional Instructional Resources Are Designated Resources Are Designated Classes for Which Commercially published textbooks 95 State, county, or district-developed units or lessons 27 Lessons or resources from websites that are free 25 Commercially published kits/modules 22 Lessons or resources from websites that have a fee 16 Online units or courses that students work through at their own pace 11 0 20 40 60 80 100 Percent of Classes
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Elementary Science Elementary Science Classes Basing Instruction on Instruction on Various Instructional Various Instructional Resources at Least Once a Week Resources at Least Once a Week Classes Basing 49 Lessons/resources from websites that have a fee 47 Units or lessons you created 38 Commercially published textbooks 32 State, county, or district-developed units or lessons 29 Commercially published kits/modules Units or lessons you collected from other sources (e.g., conferences, colleagues) 28 23 Lessons/resources from websites that are free 7 Online units/courses students work through at own pace 0 20 40 60 80 100 Percent of Classes
Middle School Science Middle School Science Classes Instruction on Various Instructional Instruction on Various Instructional Resources at Least Once a Week Resources at Least Once a Week Classes Basing Basing 76 Units or lessons you created 45 Commercially published textbooks Units or lessons you collected from other sources (e.g., conferences, colleagues 43 34 Lessons or resources from websites that have a fee 31 Lessons or resources from websites that are free 21 Commercially published kits/modules 21 State, county, or district-developed units or lessons 9 Online units/courses students work through at own pace 0 20 40 60 80 100 Percent of Classes
High School Science High School Science Classes Basing Instruction on Various Instructional Instruction on Various Instructional Resources at Least Once a Week Resources at Least Once a Week Classes Basing Units or lessons you created 86 Commercially published textbooks 50 Units or lessons you collected from other sources (e.g., conferences, colleagues) 49 Lessons or resources from websites that are free 31 Commercially published kits/modules 21 Lessons or resources from websites that have a fee 16 State, county, or district-developed units or lessons 14 Online units or courses students work through at own pace 9 0 20 40 60 80 100 Percent of Classes
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Market Share of Commercial Market Share of Commercial Textbook Publishers in Science Textbook Publishers in Science Classes Classes 100 80 Percent of Classes 60 43 40 27 27 27 25 20 19 16 16 20 0 Elementary Middle High Pearson McGraw-Hill Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Publication Year of Science Publication Year of Science Textbooks/Programs Textbooks/Programs 60 51 45 43 Percent of Classes 40 27 27 25 21 20 20 12 11 9 9 0 Elementary Middle High 2009 or earlier 2010 2012 2013 2015 2016 2018
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Science Science Classes in Which the Most Recent Classes in Which the Most Recent Unit Was Based on a Commercially Unit Was Based on a Commercially Published Textbook or a Material Published Textbook or a Material Developed by the State or Developed by the State or District District 100 80 Percent of Classes 65 60 54 54 40 20 0 Elementary Middle High
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Ways Science Teachers Substantially Ways Science Teachers Substantially Used Used Their Textbook Their Textbook in the Most Recent Unit Unit in the Most Recent 100 78 78 77 76 Percent of Classes 80 72 71 69 65 59 54 53 60 51 40 20 0 Elementary Middle High Supplemented with other materials Used materials to guide the structure/content of unit Modified activities from materials Picked what was important and skipped the rest
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Reasons Why Parts of Materials Reasons Why Parts of Materials Are Skipped Skipped in Elementary in Elementary Science Classes Classes Are Science Not enough instructional time 74 Have different activities that work better 69 Content not in pacing guide/standards 63 Did not have materials needed 62 Students already knew the content 49 Activites were too difficult for students 38 Teacher did not have knowledge needed 24 0 20 40 60 80 100 Percent of Classes
Reasons Why Parts of Materials Reasons Why Parts of Materials Are Skipped Skipped in in Middle School Middle School Science Classes Classes Are Science Have different activities that work better 83 Content not in pacing guide/standards 76 Not enough instructional time 73 Did not have materials needed 56 Students already knew the content 52 Activites were too difficult for students 43 Teacher did not have knowledge needed 25 0 20 40 60 80 100 Percent of Classes
Reasons Why Parts of Materials Reasons Why Parts of Materials Are Skipped Skipped in in High School High School Science Classes Classes Are Science Have different activities that work better 77 Not enough instructional time 74 Content not in pacing guide/standards 73 Activites were too difficult for students 59 Did not have materials needed 54 Students already knew the content 52 Teacher did not have knowledge needed 20 0 20 40 60 80 100 Percent of Classes
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Reasons Why Materials Reasons Why Materials Are Supplemented Supplemented in Elementary Science Science Classes Classes Are in Elementary So students at different levels could increase understanding 84 Teacher had activities they liked more 82 To provide students with additional practice 77 To prepare students for standardized tests 47 Pacing guide indicated to use supplemental activities 42 0 20 40 60 80 100 Percent of Classes
Reasons Why Materials Reasons Why Materials Are Supplemented Supplemented in Science Classes Science Classes Are in Middle School Middle School So students at different levels could increase understanding 90 To provide students with additional practice 90 Teacher had activities they liked more 86 To prepare students for standardized tests 60 Pacing guide indicated to use supplemental activities 49 0 20 40 60 80 100 Percent of Classes
Reasons Why Reasons Why Materials Are Materials Are Supplemented Supplemented in Science Classes Science Classes in High School High School Teacher had activities they liked more 88 So students at different levels could increase understanding 86 To provide students with additional practice 86 To prepare students for standardized tests 53 Pacing guide indicated to use supplemental activities 46 0 20 40 60 80 100 Percent of Classes
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Reasons Why Reasons Why Materials Are Materials Are Modified Modified in Elementary in Elementary Science Classes Classes Science Did not have enough instructional time to implement the activities as designed 70 Did not have the necessary materials/supplies for the original activities 60 Activities were too difficult 46 Activities were not structured enough 42 Activities were too structured 36 Activities were too easy for students 35 0 20 40 60 80 Percent of Classes
Reasons Why Reasons Why Materials Are Materials Are Modified Modified in in Middle School Middle School Science Classes Classes Science Did not have enough instructional time to implement the activities as designed 70 Did not have the necessary materials/supplies for the original activities 62 Activities were too difficult 54 Activities were too easy for students 46 Activities were not structured enough 41 Activities were too structured 33 0 20 40 60 80 Percent of Classes
Reasons Why Reasons Why Materials Are Materials Are Modified Modified in in High School High School Science Classes Classes Science Did not have enough instructional time to implement the activities as designed 71 Activities were too difficult 58 Did not have the necessary materials/supplies for the original activities 53 Activities were too easy for students 44 Activities were not structured enough 40 Activities were too structured 38 0 20 40 60 80 Percent of Classes
Facilities and Equipment Facilities and Equipment
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Availability Availability of Instructional of Instructional Technologies in Science Technologies in Science Classes Classes 96 97 100 94 93 81 80 80 68 Percent of Classes 56 60 39 40 20 0 Elementary Middle High Balances Microscopes Probes for collecting data
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Availability Availability of Laboratory Facilities of Laboratory Facilities in Science in Science Classes Classes 98 98 95 94 100 93 89 8582 83 81 80 Percent of Classes 60 40 29 20 0 Elementary Middle High Electric Outlets Gas for burners Faucets & Sinks Fume hoods Lab Tables
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Median Amount Schools Spend Median Amount Schools Spend Per Pupil on Science Equipment and Pupil on Science Equipment and Consumable Consumable Supplies Supplies Per $8.00 $6.88 $7.00 $6.00 Median Amount $5.00 $4.00 $3.27 $3.25 $3.00 $2.25 $1.98 $2.00 $1.42 $1.03 $1.02 $1.00 $0.35 $0.00 Elementary Middle High Equipment Consumable Supplies Total
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Median Amount Schools Spend Median Amount Schools Spend Per Pupil Science Equipment and Consumable Science Equipment and Consumable Supplies Supplies Per Pupil on on $7.00 $6.00 $5.62 Median Amount $5.00 $4.00 $3.44 $3.00 $2.55 $2.05 $2.00 $1.00 $0.00 Lowest Quartile Second Quartile Third Quartile Highest Quartile Percent of Students in School Eligible for Free/Reduced-Price Lunch
Median Amount Schools Spend Median Amount Schools Spend Per Pupil Pupil on Science Equipment and on Science Equipment and Consumable Consumable Supplies Supplies Per $7.00 $6.00 $5.00 $4.61 Median Amount $4.00 $3.62 $3.00 $2.48 $2.34 $2.00 $1.00 $0.00 Largest Schools Third Group Second Group Smallest Schools School Size
Median Amount Schools Spend Median Amount Schools Spend Per Pupil on Science Equipment and Consumable on Science Equipment and Consumable Supplies Supplies Per Pupil $7.00 $6.00 $5.00 Median Amount $4.06 $4.00 $3.25 $3.00 $2.06 $2.00 $1.00 $0.00 Rural Suburban Community Type Urban
Median Amount Schools Spend Median Amount Schools Spend Per Pupil Pupil on Science Equipment and on Science Equipment and Consumable Consumable Supplies Supplies Per $6.62 $7.00 $6.00 $5.00 Median Amount $4.41 $4.00 $3.11 $3.00 $1.70 $2.00 $1.00 $0.00 Midwest Northeast South West Region
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Adequacy Adequacy of Resources for Science of Resources for Science Instruction Instruction 100 80 73 72 70 67 Percent of Classes 62 58 57 60 49 45 39 38 40 30 20 0 Elementary Middle High Equipment Facilities Instructional technology Consumable supplies
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Adequacy Adequacy of Resources for Instruction of Resources for Instruction Composite Composite 100 78 80 65 Class Mean Score 60 52 40 20 0 Elementary Middle High
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Adequacy Adequacy of Resources for of Resources for Instruction Instruction Composite Composite 100 80 74 Class Mean Score 60 60 54 40 20 0 Mostly High Achievers Average/Mixed Achievers Mostly Low Achievers Prior Achievement Level of Class
