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The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom

Paperback • 2009 • English

The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom

By James W. Stigler

2 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

Ten years after its first publication, The Teaching Gap remains "a critical resource" ( Publishers Weekly ) for anyone involved in education. In paperback for the first time, it has been fully revised and includes a new preface and afterword by the authors. American schools have famously lagged behind foreign schools in all areas of academic achievement. When James W. Stigler and James Hiebert made their assessment of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) ten years ago...Show more

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9781439143131

Publisher

FREE PRESS

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom

Format

Paperback

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