The smartest kids in the world : and how they got that way / Amanda Ripley.
The smartest kids in the world : and how they got that way / Amanda Ripley.
The smartest kids in the world : and how they got that way / Amanda Ripley.
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Publisher
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
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G 2013/4136
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Language
English
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Physical content
306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The treasure map -- Leaving -- The pressure cooker -- A math problem -- An American in Utopia -- Drive -- The metamorphosis -- Difference -- The $4 million teacher -- Coming home.
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Publisher
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2013.
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Summary
Following three teenagers who chose to spend one school year living in Finland, South Korea, and Poland, a literary journalist recounts how attitudes, parenting, and rigorous teaching have revolutionized these countries' education results.
In a handful of nations, virtually all children are learning to make complex arguments and solve problems they've never seen before. They are learning to think, in other words, and to thrive in the modern economy. What is it like to be a child in the world's new education superpowers? In a global quest to find answers for our own children, author a...
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The smartest kids in the world : and how they got that way / Amanda Ripley.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index.
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G 2013/4136
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74VKq4jaxkbg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKq4jaxkbg
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ISBN
9781451654424 (hardcover)
1451654421 (hardcover)
DDC
370.9
MMS ID
991020389439702626
