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How American middle schools differ from schools of five Asian countries: Based on cross-national data from TIMSS 1999
- How American middle schools differ from schools of five Asian countries: Based on cross-national data from TIMSS 1999
- Educational Research & Evaluation, 11(2), 179-199, 2005
- Routledge
- 2005
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- Hong Kong
- Japan
- Korea
- Sinagpore
- Taiwan
- United States
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- Primary Education
- Using multivariate discriminant analysis and the data from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 1999, this paper made 5 individual comparisons between the U.S. middle school system and 5 Asian middle school systems, which have typically been top ranked in mathematics and science achievement scores. The discriminant analysis was based on variables related to school and classroom environment as well as students' out-of-school life, home background, and self-perceptions about mathematics and science. The results reveal significant differences between American schools and their Asian counterparts. The author explains these differences in terms of the societal difference in the position of schooling in the lives of American adolescents versus the more central position of schooling in the lives of their East Asian counterparts.
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