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The Learning Gap

Why Our Schools are Failing and What We Can Learn from Japanese and Chinese Education

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ID11094403
AuthorsMerry I White, Merry White (corresponding author), Harold W Stevenson, James W Stigler (0000-0001-6107-7827)
Year1993
Volume22
Issue4
Pages534
Publication date1993-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeREVIEW
Review ofThe Learning gap: Why our schools are failing and what we can learn from Japanese and chinese education, Harold Stevenson, 1994
VenueContemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0094-3061 • E-ISSN: 1939-8638
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/2074400
OpenAlexW1580964213
LanguageEN
Citations received2

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