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ERIC Number: EJ661990
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0256-2928
Identifying National Cultures of Mathematics Education: Analysis of Cognitive Demands and Differential Item Functioning in TIMSS.
Klieme, Echhard; Baumert, Jurgen
European Journal of Psychology of Education, v16 n3 p385-402 Sep 2001
Explores profiles of mathematical competencies in upper secondary students within six countries: (1) Austria; (2) France; (3) Germany; (4) Sweden; (5) Switzerland; and (6) the United States. Explains that results from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) test were in line with expectations about cultural and instructional traditions in these countries. (CMK)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Mathematics, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Tests, Problem Solving
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Austria; France; Germany; Sweden; Switzerland; Third International Mathematics and Science Study; United States
Note: European Journal of Psychology of Education is a refereed journal.