Sunday, November 2, 2008

9. the difference education between America and China

I think every country has different evaluation systems of education. I just intend to compare the differences between America and China. In America, every student has more changes to get their scores from their courses. The final grades will be derived from quizzes, papers, tests and final exams. This is a so good way to let students know how about their behavior in a whole semester and how the tendency of study process. It also means that if someone gets a good score from one test, it would not decide that he or she may get a good grade at the end. Conversely, it would not decide that he or she may get a bad grade if this student loses the test.

In China, most college and university just have one final exam. Therefore, if you pass the final exam, you will get a good grade, but if not, you will be failed in this course. The final exam is an only way to evaluate our behavior in most college in China. Many students play in the most time of the academic semester but only study before the final exam. Though some of them could pass the exam and even get a good grade, but this is a result of short-term memory of the knowledge.
Slipping through time, the Chinese students get a good faculty of memory and the American students get an ability of solve problem. Certainly, this is just a side of difference in an evaluation system of education. We also have other means to judge. So I believe that the people are influenced deeply by their different education system. If a country wants to be stronger, the most important thing is that how to solve problem of education.

2 comments:

Landon Byrd said...

I think it is a good idea to have grades through out the semester. It forces the student to actually learn the material rather than just studying one time for one test. Also, it takes a little pressure of the student since there isnt just one big grade. There is a chance to fix mistakes.

Joshua King said...

That's interesting to learn about China's educational system. I never knew that. I bet the stress for that one exam is huge.