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My experience has been the opposite. Indian kids can solve math problems in the "curriculum" quite well but ask them to do anything WITH the math and they're lo
by kkarakk 7y ago
My experience has been the opposite. Indian kids can solve math problems in the "curriculum" quite well but ask them to do anything WITH the math and they're lost. Ask them how the theorem relates to the natural world and they don't know. Ask them what applications it has and they don't know. Ask them to extrapolate their current knowledge base to a theoretical future and they are completely lost on what a "next step" would look like.
Information is laser focused on getting into an "Engineering college" and not actually on "knowing" anything. It's like teaching someone about spoons and forks but never giving them any food to actually interact with but vaguely mention "food will be relevant when you get a job, not right now"
Better than american kids sure but i'm not sure anything more of value is earned by making these kids essentially memorize theorems and algorithms
- y4mi 7y agoTry asking the average western student the same question. Most people -be they young or old- aren't able to do that. Nor is that a skill you actually need in real life. You should also think about if it's more important (to the people you're telling that message) to get a good wage or if they're fine taking a few years to catch up. "Understanding" concepts is great and all, but unless they're doing that additionally to training the simple application, they'll most likely start having issues once the tests are up. Having good grades (and being able to prove their ability on the spot) is definitely correlated with good starting wages. Not so much later on, but it's a massive difference at the start.
- iteratorloopmap 7y agoI can pretty much agree with you. Especially in state boards, it is just knowing how to solve problems given at end of textbook..