Many Visions, Many Aims: A Cross-National Investigation of Curricular Intentions in School Mathematics by Curtis C. McKnight, Gilbert A. Valverde, W.H. Schmidt, Richard T. Houang, David E. Wiley (Hardcover, 1997)
Which goals and standards guide mathematics education across the world? This first report of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) explores this question by examining the rich data collected in the TIMSS Curriculum Analysis. This study includes an exhaustive, page-by-page inventory of mathematics content and other pedagogical characteristics collected from hundreds of textbooks and curriculum guides from almost 50 countries. These data document many important features of these countries' mathematics education curricula. The book examines important features of curriculum policy across the TIMSS countries, especially the role of textbooks and curriculum guides. It also portrays similarities and differences in mathematics curricula in the succession of objectives across grades. Additionally, it details characteristics of the mathematics curriculum as embodied in textbooks and curriculum guides intended for select grades. This book should be of interest to anyone concerned with mathematics education standards, curriculum policy, cross-national educational comparisons, and mathematics pedagogy.
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Publisher
Springer
ISBN-13
9780792344360
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95523129
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Book Title
Many Visions, Many Aims: A Cross-National Investigation of Curricular Intentions in School Mathematics
Author
Curtis C. Mcknight, Gilbert A. Valverde, w.H. Schmidt, Richard T. Houang, David E. Wiley
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Education, Science, Mathematics, Teaching
Publication Year
1997
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
276 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
260mm
Item Width
193mm
Item Weight
1710g
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Editor
David E. Wiley, Richard T. Houang, w.H. Schmidt, Curtis C. Mcknight, Gilbert A. Valverde