NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ho, Irene T.; Hau, Kit-Tai – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
In "Unforgiving Confucian culture: A breeding ground for high academic achievement, test anxiety and self-doubt?" Stankov (in press) provides three reasons for caution against over-glorifying the academic excellence of Confucian Asian learners, namely that it may lead to a reluctance to change their rote learning approach which is not conducive to…
Descriptors: High Achievement, Academic Achievement, Rote Learning, Psychological Patterns
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Whitney, Hassler – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1987
Proposes that although the past 30 years have seen increasing efforts to make mathematics more relevant and useful, schools continue to fail. Argues that forced rote learning is the direct cause of this failure and that improved teaching methods must be developed. Urges that shifts in methodology be phased in gradually. (TW)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries