Chinese kids are good at math. This is what a lot of people around the world think. They may have a goodreason for believing this. Of all the teenagers who took the international Student Assessment (i415) , Shanghaistudents scored the highest in math. Does this mean Chinese students like leaming math?
In an online survey of 5, 000 Chinese people, 30 percent of these people don't have a special interest in math. Another 30 percent just say that they don't like math. I spend a long time finishing all of my math homework. Itis trible. And many of my friends feel the same way. " said Chen Yongxin, 14, from Guangdong.
"Many students don't like math because they don't find it fun and don't see how it will be useful in thefuture. " said Dun Ji'an, a math teacher from Beijing.
To make math learning more enjoyable, China can learn from North America. Teachers there help studentsunderstand fraction ( 分数) like 3/4 by pouring water into different cups. Besides, schools offer math courses with different difficulty. In this way, students can choose courses according to their necds. Zhang Siming, a high school headmaster said, "after all, math lessons should grow kids' logical thinking( 逻辑思维 )instead of just working out problems or exam papers. That will help them all their life.
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