The smartest kids in the world : and how they got that way / Amanda Ripley.
Title:
The smartest kids in the world : and how they got that way / Amanda Ripley.
ISBN:
9781451654424
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Physical Description:
306 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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.
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.
OCLC Number:
ocn759913731
Availability:
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