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...many Americans, Japanese math students seem like computer-brained superhumans who effortlessly outscore their U.S. counterparts. The image may be exaggerated, but the challenge is real. So a growing number of American schools are adopting the latest Japanese import: Kumon Mathamatex, a math- teaching method developed by educator Toru Kumon to improve his own child's performance...
Unlike Japan's notorious juku cram schools, which concentrate on passing exams, the Kumon system seeks to increase speed and accuracy in calculation. Students compete not with others but with themselves, constantly striving to better their own scores. A student is given a series of graduated work sheets containing math problems and must score 100% on each within a prescribed time period, usually 15 to 30 minutes, before moving on to the next set. The emphasis is on learning and developing speed in computational skills rather than in mathematical theory. Although intended as a supplement to regular math curriculums...
...schools. So far, 196 in the South and Southwest have taken the offer. "I didn't see any reason why this system wouldn't work in America," says Sogo. "We have merely taken universal techniques and applied them to give each student the self-confidence to tackle his regular math courses...
Ironically, the case for single-sex education for women has never been more compelling. According to the Washington-based Women's College Coalition, all- female schools have produced one-third of the female board members of FORTUNE 1000 companies. In science and math, a single-gender environment has proved particularly nurturing. More than 5% of women at all-female schools major in the life sciences, for instance, compared with only 3.6% of women at coed schools...
...long afterward, her son Alexei was rejected by Moscow University. He was an excellent student, winning a prize in the math Olympics and graduating first in his class. But during his junior year at a new school he refused to attend the standard "Lenin class" that led to automatic Komsomol ((Communist Party youth organization)) membership. I urged him not to jeopardize his future for a minor formality. Alexei answered, "Andrei Dmitrievich, you allow yourself to be honest. Why do you advise me to behave differently...