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- Examines the cultural and educational factors that influence how successfully students learn mathematics
- Focuses on international comparative studies as a means of generating theories and improving students’ learning
- Discusses four valuable lessons that can be learned from international comparative studies with regard to improving students’ learning
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: ICME-13 Topical Surveys (ICME13TS)
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Table of contents (1 chapter)
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Front Matter
About this book
It argues that the main purpose of educational research is to improve student learning, and that international comparative studies are no exception.
Keywords
- International Comparative Studies
- Lessons Learned from International Comparative Studies
- Improving Students’ Learning
- Understanding Students’ Thinking
- Making Global Research Locally Meaningful
- Comparative Education
- Mathematical Literacy
- Classroom Instruction
- PISA
- TIMSS
- Cross-Cultural Studies
- Cross-National Studies
- learning and instruction
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, USA
Jinfa Cai
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Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Ida A.C. Mok
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Human Sciences Research Council , Durban, South Africa
Vijay Reddy
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Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Melbourne, Australia
Kaye Stacey
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: International Comparative Studies in Mathematics
Book Subtitle: Lessons for Improving Students’ Learning
Authors: Jinfa Cai, Ida A.C. Mok, Vijay Reddy, Kaye Stacey
Series Title: ICME-13 Topical Surveys
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42414-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-42413-2Published: 08 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-42414-9Published: 20 August 2016
Series ISSN: 2366-5947
Series E-ISSN: 2366-5955
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 36
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Mathematics Education, International and Comparative Education, Learning & Instruction