Singapore to rethink high-stakes math tests

Re:Singapore to rethink high-stakes math tests by witty_username on Thursday September 15, 2016 @07:53AM (#12505255)

> But I also wonder how much of this is baked into the culture through the language: character-based languages require a great deal more rote learning than others, and especially for children --who have no conceptual grasp of syntax / grammar-- memorisation is probably the most effective way of teaching it. It would then naturally follow to expand on that learning style on other disciplines...

No, the same thing happens in India.

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Re:Singapore to rethink high-stakes math tests by vinay427 on Friday September 16, 2016 @10:33AM (#12514258)

To add some context, most major Indian language scripts are largely phonetic so they tend to be far easier to learn than something like English, which requires memorization of many (many) irregular spellings. I say this as a native English speaker, for what it's worth.

Therefore, I agree with the parent comment that language may not be the cause of the learning style here.

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