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Peer reviewedRavenswaay, Nancy Van – Social Studies Review, 1983
Fourteen California teachers spent six weeks in Singapore and Indonesia in 1982 on a Fullbright/Hays travel tour. While the content of their tour is relatively easy to teach, the cross-cultural feeling-level experience is not. Suggests activities such as role-playing which might help cross-cultural learning. (CS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Pluralism
Peer reviewedMenon, Ramakrishnan – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2000
Lists five possible reasons for Singapore students' success in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). Asks readers to reflect on the implications for mathematics teaching and learning in the United States. (ASK)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedBattista, Michael T. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1999
Presents an overview of the geometry findings of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and ways to use problems from the study to assess students' understanding of geometry. (ASK)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Foreign Countries
