Since many years Confucian heritage students (Chinese ones in particular), acquire leading positions in numerous international scientific programmes and display excellent performance in international assessments as PISA or TIMMS (OECD, 2013). To understand the “reasons” of this excellence we tried to explore some aspects of the cultural background of teaching practices and classroom life in those countries. With this aim a Chinese teacher was interviewed; we asked him about principles, values and beliefs and their impact on teaching/learning Math in classroom. The paper discusses what emerged from this dialogue and in particular from the idea of the “Two Basics” mathematics teaching approach, typical for the Chinese educational context. Fur...
initiated a comparative study of school mathematics education practices in East Asian and Western co...
educators, and policy makers inside and outside the Chinese community. This chapter draws upon three...
In this paper, characteristics of mathematics classrooms in the East Asian countries1 of Hong Kong a...
Since many years Confucian heritage students (Chinese ones in particular), acquire leading positions...
Some countries in South East Asia do better than us in international mathematics tests. This would a...
There is compelling support for the argument that the teacher and his/her professional practice in t...
This study compares US and Chinese elementary mathematics teachers' beliefs about how students learn...
This dissertation examines how some U.S. and Chinese teachers may employ some of the suggestions of ...
In mathematics education, there has been tension between deep learning and repetitive learning. West...
Over the past decade it has been frequently reported that East Asian students are outperforming thei...
This case study investigated the U.S. teachers ’ views on Chinese mathematics education based on the...
This unique book represents another concerted research effort concerning Chinese mathematics educati...
120 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010.This dissertation presents tw...
The Third International Assessment of Educational Progress (TIMMS) and the Programme for Internation...
Cultural exchanges between the UK and China have gained in popularity in recent years due to the suc...
initiated a comparative study of school mathematics education practices in East Asian and Western co...
educators, and policy makers inside and outside the Chinese community. This chapter draws upon three...
In this paper, characteristics of mathematics classrooms in the East Asian countries1 of Hong Kong a...
Since many years Confucian heritage students (Chinese ones in particular), acquire leading positions...
Some countries in South East Asia do better than us in international mathematics tests. This would a...
There is compelling support for the argument that the teacher and his/her professional practice in t...
This study compares US and Chinese elementary mathematics teachers' beliefs about how students learn...
This dissertation examines how some U.S. and Chinese teachers may employ some of the suggestions of ...
In mathematics education, there has been tension between deep learning and repetitive learning. West...
Over the past decade it has been frequently reported that East Asian students are outperforming thei...
This case study investigated the U.S. teachers ’ views on Chinese mathematics education based on the...
This unique book represents another concerted research effort concerning Chinese mathematics educati...
120 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010.This dissertation presents tw...
The Third International Assessment of Educational Progress (TIMMS) and the Programme for Internation...
Cultural exchanges between the UK and China have gained in popularity in recent years due to the suc...
initiated a comparative study of school mathematics education practices in East Asian and Western co...
educators, and policy makers inside and outside the Chinese community. This chapter draws upon three...
In this paper, characteristics of mathematics classrooms in the East Asian countries1 of Hong Kong a...