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Chinese Students' Higher Achievement in Mathematics

Comparison of Mathematics Education of Australian and Chinese Primary Schools

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Authors:
  1. Dacheng Zhao

    1. Director of Aussie-Sino Studies, Kingswood, Australia

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  • Shares new insights into how Chinese students outperform their Western peers in mathematics
  • Provides an alternative approach to investigate factors contributing to Chinese students’ high achievement in mathematics
  • Highlights the need for mathematics teachers and educators to implement alternative assessments in their classrooms
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Mathematics Education – An Asian Perspective (MATHEDUCASPER)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction: Chinese Students Outperform in Mathematics

    • Dacheng Zhao
    Pages 1-12

  3. Review of the Literature: Factors Contributing to Achievement GAP

    • Dacheng Zhao
    Pages 13-48

  4. Research Methodology: Exploring Research Questions

    • Dacheng Zhao
    Pages 49-66

  5. Document Analysis of Australian Mathematics Curricula and Assessment

    • Dacheng Zhao
    Pages 67-95

  6. Document Analysis of Chinese Mathematics Curricula and Assessment

    • Dacheng Zhao
    Pages 97-126

  7. A Comparison of Australian and Chinese Mathematics Curricula and Assessment

    • Dacheng Zhao
    Pages 127-146

  8. Case Study of Sydney Primary School A1, Australia

    • Dacheng Zhao
    Pages 147-183

  9. Case Study of Sydney Primary School A2, Australia

    • Dacheng Zhao
    Pages 185-211

  10. A Case Study of a Guangzhou Primary School, China

    • Dacheng Zhao
    Pages 213-248

  11. Conclusions and Implications: Improve Students’ Achievement in Mathematics

    • Dacheng Zhao
    Pages 249-269

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 271-307
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About this book

This book shares insights into the achievement gap in mathematics between East Asian and Western countries, and the ways to improve students’ mathematics achievements. Especially, it highlights the importance to integrate case studies with large-scale international comparative studies in general, and comparative studies of mathematics education in particular. This book is a must-read for mathematics teachers, mathematics educators, educational researchers, education administrators, curriculum developers, assessment designers, and student teachers who are interested in mathematics education and how to improve students’ mathematics achievements.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Director of Aussie-Sino Studies, Kingswood, Australia

    Dacheng Zhao

About the author

Dr Dacheng Zhao is the Director of Sino-Aussie Unique Collaborative Centre for Educational Studies and Services (SUCCESS), and the Director and Editor-in-Chief of Aussie-Sino Studies. He is also a PhD supervisor at University of Western Sydney and the Principal of Hua Xia Chinese Language and Culture School (Penrith). He has published four single authored books (in Chinese) and more than one hundred research papers in the areas of mathematics education, assessment and curriculum, international and comparative education, and teacher education, etc. His work arms at building a Bridge of Understanding and Collaboration (based on sharing knowledge) between the East and the West in generally, between Australia and China in particularly.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Chinese Students' Higher Achievement in Mathematics

  • Book Subtitle: Comparison of Mathematics Education of Australian and Chinese Primary Schools

  • Authors: Dacheng Zhao

  • Series Title: Mathematics Education – An Asian Perspective

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0285-4

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0283-0Published: 02 March 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9122-3Published: 07 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-0285-4Published: 23 February 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2366-0155

  • Series E-ISSN: 2366-0163

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 307

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Mathematics Education, International and Comparative Education

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