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Word: mathes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nearly six million students took the test to compete for only 300,000 places in Chinese colleges and universities. The test covered eight subjects--politics, history, geography, physics, mathematics, chemistry, Chinese language and a foreign language. All students were required to take the tests in politics, Chinese and math, and they had to choose two or three of the remaining subjects...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Peking's Biggest Test | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

...tests, only math, physics and chemistry easily lend themselves to cross-cultural comparison, and U.S. college-bound students are generally better prepared in these areas, according to the test evaluators, Nevertheless, the Chinese youth come out pretty well, and may even surpass U.S. students in some of the liberal arts areas of the test. Educational Testing Services in Princeton has several copies of the USOE report and "they are analyzing them carefully," Barendsen says...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Peking's Biggest Test | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

...Math 1 course Asst...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CANDIDATES FOR CLASS MARSHAL | 11/28/1979 | See Source »

When Updike assumes the guise of a geometry teacher in the title story he presents a math problem...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: The Meaning of a Missing Sock | 11/10/1979 | See Source »

Those classes complement the education students get behind the counter. Co-op teachers show students how to draw up a balance sheet in math class, how to fill orders and solicit business in English class, and how to make decisions in social studies class...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Leiman, | Title: High School Means Business To Students at the Enterprise | 10/23/1979 | See Source »

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