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Word: hiragana (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...THREE-fourths), says the eager second-grader as he holds up a card with the fraction spelled out in Japanese hiragana script and numerals. Then a classmate selects a segmented triangle that illustrates the fraction. "Atte imasuka?" (Is that correct?) asks the teacher from Tokyo. "Hai," says the class in unison as little hands go up to answer the next question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: (Is That Correct?) In a handful of American schools, first-graders are discovering math and science -- in Japanese | 4/20/1992 | See Source »

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