Context or culture: Can timss and pisa teach us about what determines educational achievement in science?

Internationalisation and Globalisation in Mathematics and Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 151-172

  Fensham, Peter J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

culture of science education; Influence of context; international comparative studies; science achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950923868     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5908-7_9     Document Type: Chapter

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