Asia's most effective education system
Even a few days ago, memorization was being strongly discouraged in the countries of the western world. According to Joe Boiler, professor of mathematics at Stanford University,
"The more we emphasize memorization, the more reluctant students will be to think about numbers, the less their sense of numbers will increase."
In order to increase the interest of tender-hearted children in learning, Western countries are emphasizing on what subjects students want to know. That is, the curriculum will be decided by the students, the teacher will only come to the class to help him a little. In contrast, China and Japan still adhere to that traditional method of teaching. In China, teachers still enter the classroom and pick up chalk-dusters, and students become enchanted listeners. The practice of memorizing the names of Japanese children begins at the age of seven or eight. Learning like reciting rhymes, this namata is stored in the brain for life. They also spend about three hours a week on mathematics education to achieve the ability to calculate the multiplication of three or four numbers without a calculator.
Research shows that this conservative Sino-Japanese education system is more productive than the modern British-American education system. They claim that this is why Chinese students are getting at least 30 percent higher marks than British children.
Since, Chinese numbers are easy to say
Try to read these numbers again and again: 4, 6, 5, 3, 9, 7, 8. This time look at the other side and take 20 seconds and try to assimilate the numbers according to the rules. 20 seconds later, say it again! If you study English, you have a 50 percent chance of success. But if you try to memorize the same numbers in Mandarin (the main language of China), rest assured, you will succeed almost 100 percent of the time. The numbers are the same, but why the difference? Because the human-brain type is such that the loops of that number are best preserved, which can be said in two seconds. In English, 4, 6, 5, 3, 9, 7, 8 inevitably takes more than two seconds. Because, each of the words 'eight', 'five', 'seven', 'nine' takes about 0.33 seconds to pronounce. In Mandarin, on the other hand, numbers are smaller (for example: 4 is called 'si' by the Chinese, 6 is called 'qi'), so most of the numbers can be pronounced in less than 0.25 seconds. That is why the English, not the Chinese, have to suffer as much to remember the numbers mentioned first.
That is, we can say that the relation of memorization to the ease of pronunciation is proportional. Because the Chinese pronunciation is easy, they can remember numbers better than the English.
Clarity of fractions
In most cases, most American students lose interest in math education as they move into third or fourth grade. According to Karen Fuzon, a psychologist at Northwestern University, the reason behind this loss of interest is fractions.
What we call three-fifths in Bengali becomes three-fifths in English. But the Chinese explain the same thing, in the sentence 'take three out of five pieces'. In Fujon's eyes,
"This difference in the expression of the numerator makes the view of mathematics completely different. Instead of just memorizing, fractions can be made understandable in this way."
Because, Asians produce rice
Surprising as it may be, there is a relationship between rice production and math skills, and the relationship is quite deep. According to anthropologist Francisca Brar, the whole process of rice production demands ultimate agricultural efficiency. The land has to be cultivated with skillful hands, water has to be given enough, weeds have to be raised according to the rules Historically, the amount of manual labor of paddy farmers is much higher than that of any other farmer.
Asians, especially the Chinese, are the main rice-growing nation, so they have to spend the winter cultivating rice. Even in that bone-chilling winter, before the sun rises, they have to reach the fields and work hard to reap the harvest. In the short leisure time that comes after paddy cultivation in a year, he does not even sit at that time in search of an alternative livelihood.In contrast, Europeans spend a long period of time hibernating from November to March, during which time they do not have a particular job, this trend of laziness is passed down from generation to generation.
Wondering why the math is coming here? Every four years, a test called Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) has been conducted for several years by an organization called the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement to assess the quality of primary and lower secondary students around the world. Although the test is mainly on mathematics and science, the candidates have to answer some additional questions. For example: What are the educational qualifications of your parents, what do your friends like, what are your thoughts on mathematics, etc. There are 120 questions. During the evaluation of the answer sheets, it was seen that some students submitted the answer sheets leaving ten or twenty questions blank. According to the study, most of the students from Asian countries are not in a 'blank' group. The organizers of the test also say that those who are answering such questions properly, at the end of the day, it is seen that they have solved the math problem the best.
Summer vacations are short in Asian schools
Taking this argument a little too seriously, the Americans also introduced long summer vacations in their schools and colleges. An analysis of the academic years in several countries shows that the academic year in the United States lasts only 160 days, in South Korea it increases to 40 more days, and in the United States the difference with Japan is 60 days.
Because of this short-lived academic year, American teachers have had to finish the course in a hurry. Students have to choose the 'sink-and-swim' method without taking into account what they did not understand in the lesson. The division among the students also becomes clear. The one who understands quickly, the molasses of success is in his destiny. One study found that because of the long summer vacation, the difference between a child from a poor family and a student from a poor family in America is 52.46 points. Because, at that time of closure, the rich Dulal does not get the benefit of education, but the benefit of the child of a poor family. The results of the study are not inaccurate, as is the case with Kip School, which is responsible for educating poor American students. By reducing the scope of summer vacations, they emphasized continuous improvement. The results matched hand-in-hand, with 90 percent of Kip School students now getting more than 84-percent marks in math or science. As a result, they are also getting the opportunity to study in all the reputed high schools with scholarships or stipends. The reason for Asian students to excel in mathematics is the shortness of summer vacations.
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to realize the differences, there is no big change with the rest of the world. Yet in this subtle, subtle change, Asians are showing their superiority in mathematics and science. 'Small grains of sand, drop by drop water; Builds continents, seas abysmal; ' The two lines were most probably written by the poet for the East Asian countries.