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

• Shen, Ce Graduate School of Social Work, Boston College, MA, USA

Educational Research & Evaluation, 11(2), 179-199, 2005

Routledge

2005

• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QC Primary Education
• P Social Context of Education
  • PB Comparative Education

Social Influences Foreign Countries Scores Student Attitudes Cultural Differences Educational Environment Family Environment Science Achievement Middle Schools Mathematics Achievement Middle School Students Japan South Korea Hong Kong Singapore Taiwan

• Hong Kong
• Japan
• Korea
• Sinagpore
• Taiwan
• United States

• 1997.7 onwards

• 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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• English

Journal Articles

• 13803611

• 10.1080/13803610500110810

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2010-11-24