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Title How Chinese learn mathematics : perspectives from insiders / edited by Fan Lianghuo [and others].

Publication Info. Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, [2004]
©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 574 pages) : illustrations.
Series Series on mathematics education ; v. 1
Series on mathematics education ; v. 1.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Print version record.
Contents Overview and international perspectives. How have Chinese students performed in mathematics? A perspective from large-scale international Comparisons -- The mathematics curriculum: Toward globalization or westernization? -- Thinking mathematically by Chinese learners: A cross-national comparative perspective -- An examination of coherence in a Chinese mathematics classroom -- A Chinese cultural model of learning -- Official curriculum in mathematics in ancient China: How did candidates study for the examination?
Context and teaching materials. The "Two Basics": Mathematics teaching and learning in mainland China -- A comparative study on composite difficulty between new and old Chinese mathematics textbooks -- Textbook use within and beyond Chinese mathematics classrooms: A study of 12 secondary schools in Kunming and Fuzhou of China -- Thorough understanding of the textbook: A significant feature of Chinese teacher manuals -- Effects of cram schools on children's mathematics learning.
Pedagogy and learning processes. Teaching with variation: A Chinese way of promoting effective mathematics learning -- Cracking the paradox of Chinese learners: Looking into the mathematics classrooms in Hong Kong and Shanghai -- Identifying a pattern of teaching: An analysis of a Shanghai teacher's lessons -- Differences within communalities: How is mathematics taught in rural and urban regions in mainland China? -- Teaching approach: Theoretical or experimental? -- Capturing the Chinese way of teaching: The learning-questioning and learning-reviewing instructional model -- The effects of different representations on mathematics learning of Chinese children.
Inspiration and future directions. The CHC learner's phenomenon: Its implications an mathematics education -- How do Chinese learn mathematics? Some evidence-based insights and needed directions.
Subject Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- China.
EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- Mathematics.
Mathematics -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst01012236
China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
Added Author Fan, Lianghuo.
Other Form: Print version: How Chinese learn mathematics. Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2004 9812560149 (OCoLC)56630391
ISBN 9812562249 (electronic bk.)
9789812562241 (electronic bk.)
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