June 2018: The data makes the difference. How Chinese Taipei used TIMSS data to reform mathematics education
Lin, Fou-Lai
IEA (2018)
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Chinese Taipei has used successive cycles of TIMSS data as a guide for formulating educational policies and as an evidence base for evaluating their effects. The After Class Support project and subsequent Just Do Math program are new approaches to mathematics teaching and learning which have been enthusiastically embraced by students and teachers.