01227nam a2200217Ia 4500 CTU_227552 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 372.973 S847 Stevenson, Harold W. The learning gap : Why our schools are failing and what we can learn from Japanese and Chinese education Harold W. Stevenson, James W. Stigler New York Summit Books 1992 Quantifiable variables include instruction time, test data, length of school year, curriculum studied, and instruction strategies. Another factor the authors consider is attitude (e.g., parental attitudes toward schooling, children toward learning, society toward educators, etc.). The writing style is informal, and sufficient statistical data is presented to support the findings. Some challenges are offered: "The American educational system as it currently exists is producing an educationally advantaged minority and a disadvantaged majority." Giáo dục, tiểu học,Education, Elementary Hoa Kỳ,United States dqhieu Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ