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Teacher undergraduate and graduate coursework

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Grade 8

As part of the 2007 mathematics assessment, teachers of eighth-graders were asked about their undergraduate and graduate education. The full text of the question and the percentage of students whose teachers responded within each category are shown below.

Did you have a major, minor, or special emphasis in any of the following subjects as part of your undergraduate coursework?

  Percentage of students
Subject Major Minor/special emphasis Neither

Mathematics education

22 25 54

Mathematics

27 32 41

Other mathematics-related subject such as statistics

7 15 78

Education (including secondary education)

46 18 36

 

Did you have a major, minor, or special emphasis in any of the following subjects as part of your graduate coursework?

  Percentage of students
Subject Major Minor/special emphasis Neither

Mathematics education

15 14 71

Mathematics

7 14 80

Other mathematics-related subject such as statistics

3 7 90

Education (including secondary education)

41 12 48

 

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# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Mathematics Assessment.

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