Journal article
A comparison of Korean and American secondary school textbooks: the case of quadratic equations
Educational studies in mathematics, Vol.85(2), pp.241-263
02/01/2014
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-013-9512-4
Abstract
This study compares quadratic equations sections of Korean and American textbooks. The number of topics, contents and mathematics items were analyzed. The results show Korean students learn some topics relatively earlier than American students. American textbooks include more problems requiring explanations and various representations and problems requiring higher level cognitive demand. This result could indicate that textbooks might not be the reason for American and Korean students' performances in international comparative studies. More studies analyzing other standards based textbooks and teaching practice might be needed to have further understanding of mathematics education in two countries.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A comparison of Korean and American secondary school textbooks: the case of quadratic equations
- Creators
- Dae S. Hong - University of IowaKyong Mi Choi - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Educational studies in mathematics, Vol.85(2), pp.241-263
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10649-013-9512-4
- ISSN
- 0013-1954
- eISSN
- 1573-0816
- Number of pages
- 23
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/01/2014
- Academic Unit
- Teaching and Learning
- Record Identifier
- 9984371265402771
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