While Researching the Reasons for the Large Cross-Cultural Differences,Stevenson and His

question 29

Multiple Choice

While researching the reasons for the large cross-cultural differences,Stevenson and his colleagues observed that more than _____ of total classroom time in the first grade was spent on math instruction in Japan,compared with only _____ of the time in the U.S.first-grade classrooms.

• A)one-fourth; one-tenth
• B)three-fourths; two-thirds
• C)half; two-thirds
• D)one-third; one-fourth

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