Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ463184
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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A Comparative Study between an American and a Republic of Korean Textbook Series" Coverage of Measurement and Geometry Content in First through Eighth Grades.
Kim, Hy
School Science and Mathematics, v93 n3 p123-26 Mar 1993
Compares the content of geometry and measurement appearing in first- through eighth-grade textbooks in the United States and the Republic of Korea. American textbooks devoted a greater number of pages to measurement and geometry content, introduced the content earlier, presented concepts and skills more independently of each other, and presented both customary and metric systems. (MDH)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Geometry, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Measurement, Secondary School Mathematics
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
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