Why Schools Matter: A Cross-National Comparison of Curriculum and Learning

@inproceedings{Schmidt2001WhySM,
  title={Why Schools Matter: A Cross-National Comparison of Curriculum and Learning},
  author={William H. Schmidt},
  year={2001},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:60864879}
}
This work examines the relationship between content measurement categories for the TIMSS Framework, teachers, and TIMSS Test, and the structure of the Curriculum and Learning in the context of two-level mathematics education.
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