Mathematics Education in East Asia and the West: Does Culture Matter?

New ICMI Study Series

Volumn 9, Issue , 2006, Pages 21-46

  Leung, Koon Shing Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

East Asian Country; Education Expenditure; Mathematic Achievement; Mathematics Competence; Student Achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85067913930     PISSN: 13876872     EISSN: 22151745     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-29723-5_2     Document Type: Chapter

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