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A Comparison of Basic Math Education in China and the United States

A Comparison of Basic Math Education in China and the United States. A Comparison of Basic Math. What is different? How do they do it? What do they do? How well do they do?. Curriculum in American and Chinese Public Schools. In the United States Wide, but not deep. Freshman: algebra 1

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A Comparison of Basic Math Education in China and the United States

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  1. A Comparison of Basic Math Education in China and the United States

  2. A Comparison of Basic Math • What is different? • How do they do it? • What do they do? • How well do they do?

  3. Curriculum in American and Chinese Public Schools • In the United States • Wide, but not deep. • Freshman: algebra 1 • Sophomore: geometry • Junior: algebra 2 • Senior: trigonometry • In China • Deep, but not wide. • 6th grade: Beginning Algebra • 7th grade: Geometry and more algebra • 8th grade: Algebra 2 • 9th grade: Statistics and probability, combinations and permutations • 10th grade: functions, exponential and log functions and trigonometry • 11th grade: matrices, inequalities, solid geometry, analytic geometry • 12th grade: calculus (limits), review

  4. Colleges and universities • Entering by college entrance exams only. • No high school transcripts needed or looked. • (story) • No college algebra or below classes offered. • Arts, humanities, and social science students do not have to take any math or science classes. • 75% of high school students go to colleges this year. • Bachelor 1, 2 and 3 system. • Most students do not get in Bachelor 1 and 2. • Students evaluations are given to college teachers and university professors. • Much harder to get in, but easier to graduate.

  5. Public schools • Not free, students pay tuition and fees • Elementary schools, 6 years • Middle schools, 3 years • High schools, 3 years • Students need to pass tests to go to good schools. • Some areas started going to schools by the districts. • School hours: 6:30AM-9:30PM, 8-9, 8-10 depend on the schools (story) • Some schools no winter, summer breaks or very short breaks. • All schools have guards at the gates. In some schools, school gates are locked once classes begin, and they are not open until school is over. • Class sizes: 50-60 students per class • Public schools do not keep students’ records or transcripts. • Schools are rated as 1-5 stars in Jiangsu Province. • Schools are primarily rated based on the rate of how many students go to college. • In Oregon, school are rate by three elements: attendance, drop out rate and SIM. • In Jiangsu Province, all students have to pass the tests for all classes in the second year of high school before they can take the provincial college entrance exams.

  6. The teacher • Education: most teachers have bachelors degrees in mathematics; some have 2-3 year college education in mathematics. • No or little professional improvement opportunities. • Teaching methods: primarily lectures, though student-teacher interaction is encouraged. • No tenure, but have job security. • All teachers have ranks: 3rd, 2nd, 1st or special class. • Work load: 2 -45 minute classes per day. • Most teachers do not have to deal with behavior problems outside of the classes. • Salaries: at least 3-4 times the minimum wages. • Last 30 years, salary went up 100 times or 10,000%

  7. The students • Parents are very supportive. • Students take music, dance, art, etc. classes or get tutoring on math, physics, chemistry, etc. on weekends, holidays and vacations. • Lots of homework on weekends, holidays and summer and winter vacations if they have vacations. • Many students live in schools. • No complains. • Respectful (obedient) students. • Many students go abroad to study, some cannot get in a college or a good college; some are good students. • In the U. S., they pay three times or more tuition than American students. • No calculators except doing graphs. • No calculators on any tests.

  8. Conclusion • United States have the best teachers. • Chinese education system is primarily driven by the government, the culture and the parents. • Students do not have choices. • Students are the determine factor to success. • Working hard is the key to success. • Cannot let students or their parents push the teachers around. • Student evaluations too often may not be a good idea. • I hope there is a middle ground.

  9. What did I learn from my studies? • Everybody can learn mathematics. • The harder you work, the more you learn. • The higher the expectation, the more the students learn. • Do not skip a math class. • Learn math continuously, do not skip a term until you finish. • Have mandatory placement tests.

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