Comments on: Mathematicians Set China Test http://calpolymbatrip.com/2007/china/mathematicians-set-china-test/ The MBA Graduate Program at Cal Poly Fri, 18 May 2012 16:47:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kerry Huang http://calpolymbatrip.com/2007/china/mathematicians-set-china-test/#comment-2412 Kerry Huang Sun, 17 Jun 2007 07:09:58 +0000 http://calpolymbatrip.com/2007/china/mathematicians-set-china-test/#comment-2412 Chinese students have math ingrained into their brains. My dad still remembers his trigonometry and has helped me in high school with my calculus classes. Math is also important for first generation Asian students in America. When I took Calculus 2 in hight school there were a total of 75 students taking the subject. Eight of the of the 75 students were only Juniors (meaning they were three math levels ahead of the average student) and all of them were Asian. I did not try the Chinese math example but by just looking at the English test the English one is a joke. I solved problems like that in eighth grade. On the flip side, Chinese students are not taught to think creatively or critically. American students--and I suspect English students too--are taught to think creatively and critically, which is just as important as solving math problems. Chinese students have math ingrained into their brains. My dad still remembers his trigonometry and has helped me in high school with my calculus classes. Math is also important for first generation Asian students in America. When I took Calculus 2 in hight school there were a total of 75 students taking the subject. Eight of the of the 75 students were only Juniors (meaning they were three math levels ahead of the average student) and all of them were Asian.

I did not try the Chinese math example but by just looking at the English test the English one is a joke. I solved problems like that in eighth grade.

On the flip side, Chinese students are not taught to think creatively or critically. American students–and I suspect English students too–are taught to think creatively and critically, which is just as important as solving math problems.

]]> By: John Huang http://calpolymbatrip.com/2007/china/mathematicians-set-china-test/#comment-2405 John Huang Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:17:05 +0000 http://calpolymbatrip.com/2007/china/mathematicians-set-china-test/#comment-2405 Fascinating... I went through all this stuff Fascinating… I went through all this stuff

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