Societal Differences and Their Influences on Children's Mathematics Understanding.

Lin, Fou-Lai

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Publication Date: 1988

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Societal Differences and Their Influences on Children's Mathematics Understanding.

Lin, Fou-Lai

Educational Studies in Mathematics, v19 n4 p471-97 Nov 1988

Described are the methodology of MUT (Mathematical Understanding of Taiwan Students) program and CSMS (Concepts in Secondary Mathematics and Science) program. This study compared languages, learning motivations, and teaching methods in Taiwan and England using the two programs. Some implications for mathematics education are discussed. (YP)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Junior High Schools, Mathematical Linguistics, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics

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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan; United Kingdom (England)

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