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Chinese students’ strong performance in mathematics in various international comparative studies has been noticed for decades (Fan & Zhu, 2004). In particular, Shanghai students’ outstanding performances in PISA (OECD, 2010, 2014) have stunned educators and policy makers around the world.
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Gu, F., Huang, R., Gu, L. (2017). Theory and Development of Teaching Through Variation in Mathematics in China. In: Huang, R., Li, Y. (eds) Teaching and Learning Mathematics through Variation. Mathematics Teaching and Learning. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-782-5_2
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