title: Mathematics classrooms in Japan, Taiwan, and the United States.
abstract: Observations were conducted in Chinese, Japanese, and American classrooms during mathematics classes. Activities in 20 representative classrooms were observed in each of 2 grades (1 and 5) and in each country. Some observations focused on individual children and others on the teachers. Large cross-cultural differences were found in many variables related to classroom structure and management. These differences paralleled differences in achievement in mathematics among the 3 countries. A number of these variables also were significantly related to average level of mathematics achievement within the American classrooms.
authors: Committee on Human Development, University of Chicago, IL 60637.
authors: J W
authors: JW
authors: Stigler
authors: S Y
authors: SY
authors: Lee
authors: H W
authors: HW
authors: Stevenson
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D002648:Child; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008433:Mathematics; D013624:Taiwan; D014481:United States