(中英文对照)两个老外回答,中国人都擅长数学吗?( 六 )

这并不意味着每个中国人都会自然而然地在数学上变得伟大。或者数学最好的。它所做的只是在开始时提供一个小的帮助因素。就平均人口规模而言,我认为这将转化为平均水平的小幅提升。再说一次,这里不讨论极端情况。

Obviously, this is only one of many factors at play. The fact that SE Asian immigrants tend to adopt cultural codes of success and pass them on to their children (think the piano and the violin) definitely plays a role. Cultural choices also play - the French EXCEL at fundamental math, because math is seen as the royal choice when it comes to school, and compared to Anglo-Saxons, we put a higher value on fundamental, but not immediately applicable, research. The average level of the math population is not necessarily higher though - but there's a very high variance.

显然,这只是众多因素中的一个。事实上,东南亚移民倾向于采用成功的文化准则,并将其传递给他们的孩子(想想钢琴和小提琴),这一点无疑发挥了作用。文化选择也很重要——法国人擅长基础数学,因为数学在学校里被视为王室的选择,与盎格鲁-撒克逊人相比,我们更重视基础研究,但不是立即适用的研究。数学群体的平均水平并不一定高,但是有一个非常高的方差。

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