In Search of More Effective Mathematics Education: Examining Data from the Iea Second International Mathematics Study (Issues in Curriculum Theory, Policy, and Research) - Softcover

Westbury, Ian; Ethington, Corinna A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1567500617 ISBN 13: 9781567500615

Publisher: Praeger Publishers, 1994

Synopsis

This volume presents a set of studies that explore significant questions about mathematics teaching and learning, and illustrate new methodologies for the analysis of new questions about mathematics education. The data from the Second International Mathematical Study (SIMS) is the starting point for all of the material in this work. SIMS was one of the largest and most comprehensive data-collection effort on mathematics teaching and learning ever undertaken. Because of its scale, comparative cross-cultural perspective, conceptualization and design, its data offer an indispensable beginning point for the exploration of many of the fundamental questions that circle around mathematics teaching and learning, not only internationally, but in the United States as well.

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Synopsis:

Presents a set of studies that explore mathematics teaching and learning e.g. the myth of progressive and traditional orientations, Japanese and American classrooms compared, gender groupings, the effects of central control and illustrate new methodologies for analysis. The starting point: data from the Second International Mathematics Study which

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stbury /f Ian ington /f Corinna /i A. niak /f Lauren /i A.

About this edition

• Publisher: Praeger Publishers
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1567500617
• ISBN 13: 9781567500615
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 348