A review of 100 special schools for the mathematically talented students in twenty nations. Appendices contain sample syllabi, tests and documents.
Sample Chapter(s)
Chapter 1: A Brief History of Specialized Mathematics Schools (188 KB)
Contents:
- A Brief History of Specialized Mathematics Schools (Alexander Karp)
- European Special Schools (Julianna Connelly Stockton)
- Russian Mathematics Schools (Albina Marushina & Daniel McGee)
- American Special Schools (Stuart Weinberg & Daniel Teague)
- Latin American Special Schools (Otilio B Mederos, Rita A Roldán & Víctor Buján)
- Middle Eastern Special Schools (Roza Leikin, Abraham Berman, Rana Alabed & Suha Jouaneh)
- North Asian Special Schools (Jinho Kim, Kazuko Ito West, Wei Sun & Xiaoxi Tian)
- South Asian Special Schools (Bruce R Vogeli, Stuart Weinberg, Nam Pham & Phuc Nguyen-Dang)
- Provisions for Australia's Mathematically Talented High School Students (Max Stephens)
- The Future of Special Schools Around the World (Bruce R Vogeli)
- Appendices:
- European Special Schools
- Russian Special Schools
- New York City Special Secondary Schools
- American Special Residential Schools
- Latin American Special Schools
- Middle Eastern Special Schools
- North Asian Special Schools
- South Asian Special Schools
- Australian Special Schools
Readership: Researchers and general public who are interested about special schools and gifted education in mathematics.
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Mathematics in School