CARL BOGARDUS spoke of Re: School System to MATT SMITH on 11-24-96
CB>CB> about too much and never master concepts fully. 
CB>CB>  Since postings are 
CB>CB> no more
CB>CB> than 5-10 posts per day, maybe you can review old postings.
CB>CB> On ABC's evening news, the book for a Japanese 
CB>CB> math course was shown 
CB>CB> and 
CB>CB> compared to a U.S. book. The Japanese book 
CB>CB> looked like it had about 
CB>CB> 80-100 
CB>CB> pages to the U.S. book's 300+ pages.
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CB> MS>     But what about print size, page margins, etc.?
CB> MS>     Not knowing Japanese, I don't know (and I doubt 
CB> MS> that the reporter did either) how the book 
CB> MS> compares to a U.S. counterpart in number of 
CB> MS> problems, total words, etc.
CB>In the Japanese book, about 16 basic concepts were covered, the one
CB>U.S. for the  had about 45 concepts.  The reporter that spoke was
CB>U.S. well informed by a  group studying math instruction.
CB>"Less is more" IE-with fewer concepts to learn, the Japanese students
CB>had  more time to master them.
Typically I think American Math Texts are a few ounces heavier than 
Japanese Texts as well.  This could be due to the fact that American 
students are stronger physically and can lift the books easier, or it 
could be due to the fact that there is more weight to the American 
books.
Ever listen to Japanese?  It sounds like all their words are stung 
together too.  I think on average it takes 10 American words to 
translate into the equivalent of 4.5 Japanese words.  Im not sure about 
this because I just made it up but maybe there is some truth in what I 
said.  
As for the margins Matt mentioned, I don't think the Japanese use 
margins in their text....it's the tree thing.....margins are space 
wasted so .....
There you have it...my unqualified opinion.....and you thought that no 
one could make less sense than Matt.
Dan
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