Socioeconomic gradients in mathematics achievement : findings for Canada from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study

• Main Author: Frempong, George
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Mathematics > Study and teaching > Canada > Case studies; Students > Canada > Social conditions; British Columbia; Canada; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/11138

Understanding the processes that allow all students to successfully learn mathematics has been an important objective for most education systems including those in Canada. Educational systems however, have not achieved this goal as many students with low socioeconomic status, females, and minority s...