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Those who grown up in asian schools would see these as super easy tricks. Not intend to make superiority sound here but just the well-known fact. There was a tr
by Existenceblinks 10y ago
Those who grown up in asian schools would see these as super easy tricks. Not intend to make superiority sound here but just the well-known fact. There was a trend in my high school when math teacher ask to solve (expect elaborate steps clearly) a problem on blackboard. Ones who can make a shortest steps possible is cool. I always love the moment that I can skip 5 steps with a magic line of equation and go straight to the answer. And then the teacher will remember you, not to appreciate but to revenge you with semester exam!
Sorry for being irrelevant.
- dualogy 10y agoInteresting indeed! In the west maths is widely not taught/practiced in such "fun" ways sadly, and by and large mostly formulaically and by rote. Unsurprisingly, it instils mostly a yawn reflex in a majority of people for the rest of their lives. Not a good outcome. Asia is a big continent, what kinda countries or areas are you talking of?
- Existenceblinks 10y agoI am in Thailand where their education system is crappy. IMO, west math is better when it comes to systematic thinking, less hacky, more stable. Asian is good at mess thing up in hacky ways (or in the black side, cheating!), system designed is not stable in general. Chinese and korean are more serious about teaching in my perspective. It's probably not that bad that Thailand's education system is crappy, it's more relax.
- gpawl 10y agoThere's a widespread effort in USA to teach calculation using multiple algorithms (thanks to Common Core), and the unsurprising result is that parents are howling mad about the "nonsense" their kids are being taught.