Abstracts of the first sourcebook on Asian research in mathematics education : China, Korea, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, and India / edited by Bharath Sriraman [and others].

"Mathematics and Science education have both grown in fertile directions in different geographic regions. Yet, the mainstream discourse in international handbooks does not lend voice to developments in cognition, curriculum, teacher development, assessment, policy and implementation of mathemat...

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Other Authors: Sriraman, Bharath
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Publishing, ©2013.
Series:International sourcebooks in mathematics and science education. Special supplement.
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Table of Contents:
  • CONTENTS
  • China
  • Part I Culture, Tradition, and History
  • CHAPTER 1: "Zhi Yì Xíng Nán (Knowing Is Easy and Doing Is Difficult)" or Vice Versa? : A Chinese Mathematician's Observation on History and Pedagogy of Mathematics Activities / Man-Keung Siu
  • CHAPTER 2: The Study on Application of Mathematics History in Mathematics Education in China / Zezhong Yang and Jian Wang Shandong
  • CHAPTER 3: Cultural Roots, Traditions, and Characteristics of Contemporary Mathematics Education in China / Xuhui Li, Dianzhou Zhang and Shiqi Li
  • Part II Assessment and Evaluation
  • CHAPTER 4: Factors Affecting Mathematical Literacy Performance Of 15-year- old Students In Macao : The / Kwok-Cheung Cheung
  • CHAPTER 5: Has Curriculum Reform Made A Difference in the Classroom? : An Evaluation of the New Mathematics Curriculum in Mainland China / Yujing Ni, Qiong Li, Jinfa Cai and Kit-Tai Hau
  • CHAPTER 6: Effect of Parental Involvement and Investment on Mathematics Learning : What Hong Kong Learned From PISA / Esther Sui Chu Ho
  • Part III Curriculum CHAPTER 7: Early Algebra in Chinese Elementary Mathematics Textbooks : The case of Inverse Operations / Meixia Ding
  • CHAPTER 8: The Development of Chinese Mathematics Textbooks for Primary and Secondary Schools since the Twentieth Century / Shi-hu Lv, Ting Chen, Aihui Peng Shangzhi Wang
  • CHAPTER 9: Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching Materials in China from 1950-2000 / Jianyue Zhang, Wei Sun and Arthur B. Powell
  • CHAPTER 10: Chinese Mathematics Curriculum Reform in the Twenty-first Century: 2000-2010 / Jian Liu, Lidong Wang and Ye Sun
  • CHAPTER 11: Basic Education Mathematics Curriculum Reform in the Greater Chinese Region : Trends and Lessons Learned / Chi-Chung Lam, Ngai-Ying Wong, Rui Ding, Siu Pang, Titus Li and Yun-Peng Ma
  • CHAPTER 12: Characterizing Chinese Mathematics Curriculum : A Cross-National Comparative Perspective / Larry E. Suter and Jinfa Cai
  • Cont...