Which of the Following Contributes to the Superiority of Chinese

question 42

Multiple Choice

Which of the following contributes to the superiority of Chinese over U.S.children's math knowledge?

• A)Chinese parents provide their preschoolers with extensive practice in counting and adding.
• B)Chinese schools emphasize drill in computational skills more than U.S.schools.
• C)In Chinese classrooms,much less time is spent on underlying math concepts than in U.S.classrooms.
• D)Compared to U.S.schools,multidigit problems are introduced later in Chinese schools,when children are more cognitively sophisticated.

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