Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2009
Abstract
There is a lot that can be learned about a country based on the programs and provisions it has for mathematically talented students. While it is difficult to identify a single U.S. "program" or "approach" for gifted education, in general the trend is to put mathematically talented students through the standard mathematics sequence, just starting at an earlier age. In Hungary, on the other hand, the focus is on enrichment over acceleration. This paper explores how some very different historical, cultural, and political forces have shaped these two countries’ different approaches to educating mathematically talented students.
Recommended Citation
Stockton, Julianna Connelly, "Hungary and the United States: A Comparison of Gifted Education" (2009). Mathematics Faculty Publications. 8.
https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/math_fac/8
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Gifted Education Commons, International and Comparative Education Commons, Science and Mathematics Education Commons
Comments
AHEA Conference 2009.