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National Center for Education Statistics,
Pursuing Excellence, NCES 97-198 (Washington,
DC: U.S. Government Printing Office,
1996).
27. In 2007, when researchers measured:
TIMSS Executive Summary. The nations
whose students fill out more of the questionnaire
also tend to have students who do
well on the TIMSS test: Erling E. Boe et al.,
“Student Task Persistence in the Third International
Mathematics and Science Study:
A Major Source of Achievement Differences
at the National, Classroom and Student
Levels” (Research Rep. No. 2002-TIMSS1)
(Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania,
Graduate School of Education, Center for
Research and Evaluation in Social Policy).
Note that this study was based on 1995
data.
28. cross-cultural psychologist Priscilla
Blinco: Priscilla Blinco, “Task Persistence
in Japanese Elementary Schools,” in