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Gasteiger, Hedwig; Brunner, Esther; Chen, Ching-Shu – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2021
Results of international comparison studies show substantially better mathematics performance of the investigated Asian than European students from the early years on. A Taiwanese-German Research Program (TaiGer) engages in exploring differences and similarities in the educational system, in teachers' knowledge and beliefs and in teaching or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Mathematics Instruction, Early Childhood Education
Kolar-Begovic, Zdenka, Ed.; Kolar-Šuper, Ružica, Ed.; Jukic Matic, Ljerka, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
The papers in the monograph address different topics related to mathematics teaching and learning processes which are of great interest to both students and prospective teachers. Some papers open new research questions, some show examples of good practice and others provide more information about earlier findings. The monograph consists of six…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Research, College Students
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Schneijderberg, Christian; Broström, Anders; Cavalho, Teresa; Geschwind, Lars; Marquina, Monica; Müller, Lars; Reznik, Nicolas – Higher Education Policy, 2021
Political discourse and policy reforms worldwide have highlighted the importance of promoting the knowledge economy by stimulating academics' societal engagement (ASE). Such narratives partly aim at influencing academics' attitudes and behaviors. Earlier work that has investigated such influence has tended to overlook the development in humanities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, College Faculty, Humanities
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Becker, Birgit; Tuppat, Julia – Educational Research, 2018
Background: Ethnic educational inequality is present in almost all Western societies. One possible explanation for the persisting disadvantages of children from immigrant family backgrounds is discrimination. Individual ethnic discrimination has been reported in the form of ethnic bias in school teachers' evaluations and recommendations. Children…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Ethnic Groups, Social Bias, Immigrants
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Blömeke, Sigrid; Kaiser, Gabriele; König, Johannes; Jentsch, Armin – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2020
Most of the research examining the relation between instructional quality (INQUA) and mathematics teachers' competence was restricted to a limited set of competence facets. Furthermore, mostly variable-oriented approaches were applied that assume homogeneity of teacher competence. In our study, teacher competence is conceptualized as a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Competence, Educational Quality, Instructional Effectiveness
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Brunner, Esther; Reusser, Kurt – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2019
In our study, 32 German and Swiss 8th/9th-grade classes of lower-secondary school worked with their teacher on the same proving problem. The sample belongs to the Swiss-German study "Quality of Instruction, Learning Behavior and Mathematical Understanding". Our data analyses relate to the teachers' approaches to generating a specific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematical Logic, Mathematics Education, Secondary School Mathematics