Intended Treatments of Arithmetic Average in U.S. and Asian School Mathematics Textbooks.

Cai, Jinfa; Lo, Jane Jane; Watanabe, Tad

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ERIC Number: EJ659903

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Publication Date: 2002

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Intended Treatments of Arithmetic Average in U.S. and Asian School Mathematics Textbooks.

Cai, Jinfa; Lo, Jane Jane; Watanabe, Tad

School Science and Mathematics, v102 n8 p391-404 Dec 2002

Examines how selected U.S. and Asian mathematics curricula are designed to facilitate students' understanding of the arithmetic average. Discusses similarities and differences of learning goals, focuses, and concepts among U.S. commercial, Asian, and U.S. reform curriculum series. (Author/KHR)

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Foreign Countries, Mathematical Formulas, Mathematics Education, Middle Schools, Statistics, Textbook Evaluation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: China; Japan; Taiwan

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