Comments on: Why Asians are Better at Math http://www.8asians.com/2007/04/28/why-asians-are-better-at-math/ A blog for Asian Americans Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:41:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: EduMastermind » Blog Archive » Gladwell: Why are Asians better at math? http://www.8asians.com/2007/04/28/why-asians-are-better-at-math/comment-page-1/#comment-111556 EduMastermind » Blog Archive » Gladwell: Why are Asians better at math? Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:20:51 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/04/28/why-asians-are-better-at-math/#comment-111556 [...] achievement, and the schools that are “oppressive, draconian environments”. Another blogger partly attributes it to the Chinese language, where numbers are more logically synthesised than in [...] [...] achievement, and the schools that are “oppressive, draconian environments”. Another blogger partly attributes it to the Chinese language, where numbers are more logically synthesised than in [...]

]]> By: David http://www.8asians.com/2007/04/28/why-asians-are-better-at-math/comment-page-1/#comment-88811 David Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:51:10 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/04/28/why-asians-are-better-at-math/#comment-88811 Math ability should be looked at after school. Should be more fields medalist. Math ability should be looked at after school. Should be more fields medalist.

]]> By: David http://www.8asians.com/2007/04/28/why-asians-are-better-at-math/comment-page-1/#comment-135360 David Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:51:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/04/28/why-asians-are-better-at-math/#comment-135360 Math ability should be looked at after school. Should be more fields medalist. Math ability should be looked at after school. Should be more fields medalist.

]]> By: WT http://www.8asians.com/2007/04/28/why-asians-are-better-at-math/comment-page-1/#comment-14869 WT Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:22:01 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/04/28/why-asians-are-better-at-math/#comment-14869 I volunteer yearly at a state-wide math competition for grades 6-8. Allow me to toss some rough empirical observations out here: on a scale of 1-20, the asian kids consistently and uniformly scored strongly in this competition, between the 10-12 range. One kid, however, was head and shoulders above everyone (about 100 competitors) in math ability - scoring 15 - and he was jewish. I volunteer yearly at a state-wide math competition for grades 6-8. Allow me to toss some rough empirical observations out here: on a scale of 1-20, the asian kids consistently and uniformly scored strongly in this competition, between the 10-12 range. One kid, however, was head and shoulders above everyone (about 100 competitors) in math ability – scoring 15 – and he was jewish.

]]> By: WT http://www.8asians.com/2007/04/28/why-asians-are-better-at-math/comment-page-1/#comment-135359 WT Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:22:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/04/28/why-asians-are-better-at-math/#comment-135359 I volunteer yearly at a state-wide math competition for grades 6-8. Allow me to toss some rough empirical observations out here: on a scale of 1-20, the asian kids consistently and uniformly scored strongly in this competition, between the 10-12 range. One kid, however, was head and shoulders above everyone (about 100 competitors) in math ability - scoring 15 - and he was jewish. I volunteer yearly at a state-wide math competition for grades 6-8. Allow me to toss some rough empirical observations out here: on a scale of 1-20, the asian kids consistently and uniformly scored strongly in this competition, between the 10-12 range. One kid, however, was head and shoulders above everyone (about 100 competitors) in math ability – scoring 15 – and he was jewish.

]]> By: silverkris http://www.8asians.com/2007/04/28/why-asians-are-better-at-math/comment-page-1/#comment-14832 silverkris Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:38:58 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/04/28/why-asians-are-better-at-math/#comment-14832 I think the reason a lot of Asians are concentrated in math and science has a lot to do with the language and cultural barriers perceived by Asian immigrants in America. Math, science and engineering achievement is pretty easily documented and measurable, and it's less subject to coloration about how well you speak English or with an accent. So other Asians take that clue and go that way because it's seen as the path of least resistance. I don't think it's because Asians are supposedly inherantly better at math. I am Asian and I hate/suck at math and most of the hard sciences! I think the reason a lot of Asians are concentrated in math and science has a lot to do with the language and cultural barriers perceived by Asian immigrants in America.

Math, science and engineering achievement is pretty easily documented and measurable, and it’s less subject to coloration about how well you speak English or with an accent. So other Asians take that clue and go that way because it’s seen as the path of least resistance. I don’t think it’s because Asians are supposedly inherantly better at math. I am Asian and I hate/suck at math and most of the hard sciences!

]]> By: silverkris http://www.8asians.com/2007/04/28/why-asians-are-better-at-math/comment-page-1/#comment-135358 silverkris Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:38:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/04/28/why-asians-are-better-at-math/#comment-135358 I think the reason a lot of Asians are concentrated in math and science has a lot to do with the language and cultural barriers perceived by Asian immigrants in America. Math, science and engineering achievement is pretty easily documented and measurable, and it's less subject to coloration about how well you speak English or with an accent. So other Asians take that clue and go that way because it's seen as the path of least resistance. I don't think it's because Asians are supposedly inherantly better at math. I am Asian and I hate/suck at math and most of the hard sciences! I think the reason a lot of Asians are concentrated in math and science has a lot to do with the language and cultural barriers perceived by Asian immigrants in America.

Math, science and engineering achievement is pretty easily documented and measurable, and it’s less subject to coloration about how well you speak English or with an accent. So other Asians take that clue and go that way because it’s seen as the path of least resistance. I don’t think it’s because Asians are supposedly inherantly better at math. I am Asian and I hate/suck at math and most of the hard sciences!

]]> By: courageous kiwi http://www.8asians.com/2007/04/28/why-asians-are-better-at-math/comment-page-1/#comment-9264 courageous kiwi Sun, 06 May 2007 21:23:30 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2007/04/28/why-asians-are-better-at-math/#comment-9264 This is a response to "Jesse!": mathematicians have been trying for decades to reduce spoken languages to language-independent grammars. None have succeeded. Your sentence applies to just about every single one of the Latinate languages too if you play word games enough: "What (is the) country (that) are you from?" "Sri Lanka (is the country that I am from.)" The reason you don't think of it this way is because in commonspeak all the parts in the parentheses are implied. In Mandarin it's the same thing. The response is more commonly "Mei guo," because "I am" and "person" are implied. Why are "progressive" Asians so against arguing eugenics? Because it's racist? To immigrate to the United States, our parents needed to be highly educated. The percentage of intelligent people among educated persons is higher than that of non-educated persons. This is a response to “Jesse!”: mathematicians have been trying for decades to reduce spoken languages to language-independent grammars. None have succeeded. Your sentence applies to just about every single one of the Latinate languages too if you play word games enough:

“What (is the) country (that) are you from?”
“Sri Lanka (is the country that I am from.)”

The reason you don’t think of it this way is because in commonspeak all the parts in the parentheses are implied. In Mandarin it’s the same thing. The response is more commonly “Mei guo,” because “I am” and “person” are implied.

Why are “progressive” Asians so against arguing eugenics? Because it’s racist? To immigrate to the United States, our parents needed to be highly educated. The percentage of intelligent people among educated persons is higher than that of non-educated persons.

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