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Introduction: The second international mathematics study / Ian Westbury -- When teaching problem-solving proceeds successfully in U.S. eighth grade classrooms / Lauren A. Sosniak, Corinna A. Ethington -- Student opportunities in grade 8 mathematics : textbook coverage of the SIMS test / James Flanders -- The myth of progressive and traditional orientations : teaching mathematics without a coherent point of view / Lauren A. Sosniak, Corinna A. Ethington, Maria Varelas -- Is the United States really a low achiever in math? The SIMS findings re-examined / Ian Westbury -- What makes for effective mathematics instruction? Japanese and American classrooms compared / Maryellen Schaub, David P. Baker -- The effects of central control on classroom practice / Peter L. Glidden -- Gender groupings and improving mathematics achievement : lessons from a comparative analysis / David P. Baker, Cornelius Riordan, Maryellen Schaub -- Assessing the differential item performance of females in Japan and the United States / Delwyn L. Harnisch -- Conceptual and statistical problems in the study of school and classroom effects : an introduction to multilevel modeling techniques / Damian P. Murchan, Finbarr C. Sloane -- Schooling and achievement : additive versus interactive models / Adam Gamoran -- Instructionally sensitive psychometrics : applications to the second international mathematics study / Bengt O. Muthen. |
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