Cuba's academic advantage why students in Cuba do better in school /

Carnoy, Martin.

Cuba's academic advantage why students in Cuba do better in school / Martin Carnoy ; with Amber K. Gove and Jeffery H. Marshall. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, (c)2007. - 1 online resource (xi, 209 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

Context matters -- Three educational systems in three social contexts -- Understanding why school achievement varies -- Comparing academic performance in Cuba and other Latin American countries -- The long road from curriculum construction to student learning -- Opportunity to learn and teaching patterns -- Lessons learned -- Appendix A: Production function estimates of student achievement in Latin America, by country -- Appendix B: Definitions of terms used in chapter 6 and task analysis guide.




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Education, Elementary--Cuba.
Education and state--Cuba.
Education, Elementary--Latin America.
Education and state.


Electronic Books.

LA487 / .C833 2007