Re:Negative Impact of English on Math Learning
by ajuc on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @05:03AM
(#10424352)
PISA Maths exams results from 2012:
1. Shanghai (China)
2. Singapore
3. Hong Kong (China)
4. Taiwan
5. South Korea
6. Macao (China)
7. Japan
8. Liechtenstein
9. Switzerland
10. Netherlands
11. Estonia
12. Finland
13. Canada
14. Poland
15. Belgium
16. Germany
17. Vietnam
18. Austria
19. Australia
20. Ireland
21. Slovenia
22. Denmark
23. New Zealand
24. Czech Republic
25. France
26. United Kingdom
27. Iceland
28 Latvia
29. Luxembourg
30. Norway
31. Portugal
32. Italy
33. Spain
34. Russian Federation
35. Slovak Republic
36. United States
Asian dominance shows, but you have to bear in mind that China "cheats" by posting separate cities, if other countries did the same ignoring less wealthy regions - they would have better results too.
Also there are many English-speaking countries much higher than USA, and countries with much more complicated numerals (like Baltic or Slavic countries) that are higher than USA. And German numerals are more complicated than English ones too (125 is 100 + 5 + 20).
I wouldn't attribute the US education problems to the language.
1. Shanghai (China) 2. Singapore 3. Hong Kong (China) 4. Taiwan 5. South Korea 6. Macao (China) 7. Japan 8. Liechtenstein 9. Switzerland 10. Netherlands 11. Estonia 12. Finland 13. Canada 14. Poland 15. Belgium 16. Germany 17. Vietnam 18. Austria 19. Australia 20. Ireland 21. Slovenia 22. Denmark 23. New Zealand 24. Czech Republic 25. France 26. United Kingdom 27. Iceland 28 Latvia 29. Luxembourg 30. Norway 31. Portugal 32. Italy 33. Spain 34. Russian Federation 35. Slovak Republic 36. United States
Asian dominance shows, but you have to bear in mind that China "cheats" by posting separate cities, if other countries did the same ignoring less wealthy regions - they would have better results too.
Also there are many English-speaking countries much higher than USA, and countries with much more complicated numerals (like Baltic or Slavic countries) that are higher than USA. And German numerals are more complicated than English ones too (125 is 100 + 5 + 20).
I wouldn't attribute the US education problems to the language.