Mathematics Education in East Asia and the West: Does Culture Matter?

By K. S. Leung. 2006

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Expectancy-value in mathematics, gender and socioeconomic background as predictors of achievement and aspirations : A multi-cohort study (2015, background): “Further to the change of medium of instruction for many students, education and curriculum reforms in math education have been successively implemented in Hong Kong since 1999 (Leung, 2006).”
Content, Professional Preparation, and Teaching Methods: How Diverse Is Teacher Education across Countries? (2012, background): “Leung (2006) was able to demonstrate similar differences with respect to mathematics education in the East and the West.”
Relation of Student Achievement to the Quality of Their Teachers and Instructional Quality (2016, unknown): “Leung (2006) confirmed similar cultural differences, specifically with respect to mathematics education in the East and the West.”
What can and should we learn from international studies of mathematics achievement? (2014, background): “I have argued elsewhere (Leung 2006) that cultural values held by students and teachers are an important factor which is often ignored in the discussion of student learning and achievement.”
Chinese Number Words, Culture, and Mathematics Learning (2010, background): “This achievement gap is real and persistent (Stevenson, Chen, & Lee, 1993; Stevenson & Stigler, 1992), exists before formal schooling (Huntsinger, Jose, Liaw, & Ching, 1997), is evident from kindergarten to high school, and is considerably stable over time (Leung, 2006).”