What pisa tells us about the quality and inequality of japanese education in mathematics and science

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 389-408

  Knipprath, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Educational effectiveness; Educational quality; Inequality of educational opportunities; Japan; Mathematics education; PISA; Science education; Tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952321989     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-010-9196-5     Document Type: Article

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