Is it true that Japanese students are better at math than those in other countries?

0 Is it true that Japanese students are better at math than those in other countries?

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Tanuki | 8 years, 6 months ago

Thought of asking the question after reading this piece.

I have read this in quite a few feature articles, and a couple of books. But those are mostly written by Americans or other non-Japanese writers.

All Japanese parents that I have talked to, simply laugh at this idea.

Do any of you have supporting or contrary evidence to this?

0 | #12516 by Tanuki | 8 years, 6 months ago

My Indian friend has this to say: "If memorization is the same as being good at math, we are much better. New could tell 19x19 by memory, while in primary school. But I don't care. Japanese kids have a much more balanced education".

Could it be that they just learn a lot more things together with math, and that helps them to solve problems?