The Best Writing on Mathematics 2015 by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2015-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

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GREAT SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY. Being raised in a collectivist society, Chinese children work hard to bring honor to the family. Chinese children also assume the responsibility of taking care of their parents when they become elderly. Thus, Chinese children study hard to acquire a good living with financial stability.

EFFORT FOR SUCCESS. While U.S. students usually attribute mathematics performance to intelligence, their Chinese counterparts hardly ever attach importance to the intelligence difference; instead, they place greater emphasis on the role of effort (e.g., Stevenson et al., 1990). Students in China are deeply influenced by the traditional belief that “effort is everything.” To them, perseverance spells success.

HIGH STANDARDS. Chinese students are more critical toward themselves. While 87% of American fifth-graders thought their parents were happy or very happy with their math performance, only 38% of Chinese fifth-graders thought their parents were happy or very happy. Similarly, 83% of American children thought their teacher was happy or very happy with their math performance, compared to 37% of the Chinese children (Stevenson, 1987).

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