"I used to live in Taiwan" I lived in Taiwan for a year as well. It was more of the same. "made clear that elementary mathematics instruction in China is muc

"I used to live in Taiwan" I lived in Taiwan for a year as well. It was more of the same. "made clear that elementary mathematics instruction in China is much richer and deeper and more conceptual than in the United States." I didn't see any of this while in China or Taiwan. What I did see (also from my friends that had kids) was stress being put on memorization. I had a few friends that taught at language schools (teaching English) and many students couldn't effectively use grammar because they were so used to just memorization. I understand that you have links to a book that claims the contrary, but I just didn't see this in reality. But I will agree that the school systems in the US are equally as bad when it comes to not teaching memorization.