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Teacher undergraduate and graduate coursework

Grade 4
 Grade 8

As part of the 2007 mathematics assessment, teachers of fourth-graders were asked about their undergraduate and graduate education. The full text of the questions and the percentages 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
Subjects Major Minor/special emphasis Neither

Mathematics education

1 6 93

Mathematics

1 7 92

Other mathematics-related subject such as statistics

1 3 96

Education (including elementary or early childhood)

59 11 30

 

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

  Percentage of students
Subjects Major Minor/special emphasis Neither

Mathematics education

1 4 95

Mathematics

1 3 97

Other mathematics-related subject such as statistics

# 2 98

Education (including elementary or early childhood)

39 8 53

 

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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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