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Reference news, August 7, foreign media say China's primary and secondary schools are often criticized, which is to make the students exhausted, examination-oriented machine, trained students memorize the basic facts, there is little depth of reasoning ability. However, a new study suggests that China in developing some of the world's best students in the critical thinking abilities.

According to the United States the New York Times, August 1, about whether the school United States schools do better, this find may rewrite the argument, used to display Chinese students in reading, mathematics and science subjects are outperforming global peers, research supplement.

However, the new studies, researchers at Stanford University found that Chinese students ' critical thinking skills at the University losing ground. This suggests that problems existed in China's rapidly expanding higher education system.

This study found that will be published next year, when China major in computer science and engineering freshmen, their critical thinking ability than the United States and Russia of similar new high levels of two or three years. These include identifying assumptions, validate assumptions and finding relations between variables.

However, according to the results of this study, Chinese students ' critical thinking ability to read almost no improvement after two years of College, and the United States and Russia's peers has made significant progress.

Bulashiante·luoyaerka, one of the study's authors say, "it's shocking. Lead students into the University of Chinese culture. However, they go to College, they are exhausted, they have not continued to power. ”

Although the results are preliminary, but it shows the weakness of China's higher education system is particularly striking.

Reportedly, many families believe that higher education is entering the growing middle class means, in order to meet the strong demand for higher education, the Government has built hundreds of universities in recent years. And in 1998 to 3.4 million compared to the number of college students, number of students in institutions of higher learning last year reached 26.2 million, growing mostly from three years of College colleges and universities.

Reports that many Chinese University bureaucratic system and struggling in the mire of lax academic standards. Students, in primary and secondary schools they have become used to the kind of dynamic and rigorous teaching, the College has been largely invisible to the.

"The teachers don't know how to attract the attention of students," not far from the Beijing urban construction of Tianjin University electrical engineering student Wang Chunwei, 22, said. "Listen to them and listen to them read aloud books. ”

Reportedly, some put the blame on the lack of enthusiasm of the students. Children spent many years in China to prepare for the University entrance exam, this exam determines which University students will go. For many students, score a few minutes can mean the difference between good and bad University of distinction, means that life in the future is the difference between rich, or poor.

But once the student enters College, stress disappears.

"Learning without studying to get a degree, why study? "In Beijing, studied environmental engineering graduate student Wang, 24, said.

Reports said, arguing the superiority of China's education system is a perennial problem, both in the United States, but also in China. On the Obama administration to Chinese high school students on international tests show math, science and reading levels, as United States education stagnated counterexample.

Critics say China overemphasis on exam-oriented education of teachers and rote learning methods, this is at the expense of critical thinking and creativity. They also said international tests exaggerated the strength of China's education system, because these tests excluded students in poor areas.

In addition to the review of critical thinking skills, the study also compared the Chinese students in mathematics and physics differences. Although there is no United States student test for contrast, but the researchers found that Chinese students enter college with a skill, than in the same period Russia students will be much stronger.

However, after two years of College, and improvement of Chinese students in this regard have almost nothing, while Russia peers have made considerable progress, though not enough to catch up with the level of Chinese students.

Stanford University researchers speculate that many low-quality teaching in Chinese universities is one of the most important factor in this outcome. Chinese universities tend to award professors in the field of research achievements, not their teaching ability. In addition, according to official statistics, almost all of the college students can graduate in four years, which reduces their incentives to work hard.

"Who they will not really obsolete," the study co-author, research education Luo Sigao 30 economists in China said. "As long as be admitted to College, graduated, this is a Convention. ”

Stanford study financing venture Shanghai Li Shimo said that China's success in fostering critical thinking in middle school, means that China's younger generation has more creativity, that helps the Chinese economy.

"We often hear here is that China's education system stifles creativity and stifle creativity," he said. "But China is probably one of the most entrepreneurial in the world community. ”

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美媒:中国学生创造力高考达巅峰 在大学被消磨|高考_新闻资讯

　　原标题：美媒：中国学生创造力在高考达巅峰 却在大学被消磨

　　参考消息网8月7日报道 外媒称，中国的中小学常常被人批评，认为它们是使学生筋疲力尽、以考试为主的机器，培养出来的学生只会死记硬背基本事实，几乎没有深度推理的能力。但是，一项新的研究暗示，中国在培养世界上一些批判性思维能力最强的学生。

　　据美国《纽约时报》网站8月1日报道，关于中国的学校是否比美国的学校做得更好，这一意外发现也许会改写这一争论，为以前显示中国学生在阅读、数学和科学等科目上的表现优于全球同龄人的研究作补充。

　　但是，这项斯坦福大学研究人员做的新研究还发现，中国学生的批判性思维能力在大学期间失去优势。这表明，中国迅速扩张的高等教育系统中存在问题。

　　这项将在明年发表的研究发现，中国计算机科学和工程专业的新生入学时，其批判性思维能力比美国和俄罗斯的同类新生的水平高两到三年。这些能力包括识别假定、验证假设，以及找到变量之间的关系。

　　然而，据这项研究的结果，中国学生的批判性思维能力在读了两年大学后几乎没有改进，而美国和俄罗斯的同龄人则取得了显著的进步。

　　研究报告的作者之一布拉什安特·洛雅尔卡说，“这很令人震惊。中国培养的学生在进入大学时遥遥领先。但是，他们进大学的时候就已筋疲力尽，他们没有继续努力的动力。”

　　虽然研究结果是初步的，但其展示的中国高等教育体系的弱点尤其引人注目。

　　报道称，许多家庭认为高等教育是步入日益壮大的中产阶层的途径，为了满足人们对高等教育的极大需求，政府近年来兴建了数百所大学。与1998年的340万高校在校生人数相比，去年高等学校在校生人数已达到2620万，增长的大部分来自三年制的专科高校。

　　报道称，中国的许多大学在官僚体制和宽松的学术标准的泥潭中挣扎。学生们说，他们在小学和中学已经习惯了的那种充满活力且要求严格的教学，到上大学时已基本上看不到了。

　　“老师们不知道如何吸引学生们的注意，”在离北京不远的天津城建大学攻读电气工程专业的22岁学生王春伟说。“听他们讲课和听他们朗读课本差不多。”

　　报道称，也有人把问题归咎于学生缺乏积极性。中国的孩子们花多年的时间准备高考，这个考试决定了学生能上哪所大学。对许多学生来说，高考成绩的几分之差可以意味着好大学和坏大学的区别，意味着未来的生活是富有、还是贫穷的区别。

　　但学生一旦进入大学，压力就消失了。

　　“学习不学习都能拿到学位，那为什么还学习呢？”在北京攻读环境工程的24岁研究生王琦说。

　　报道称，中国教育体制的优越性是人们常年争论不休的问题，不论是在美国、还是在中国。奥巴马政府把中国高中生在国际考试上展示出的数学、科学和阅读的高水平，当作美国教育停滞不前的反例。

　　批评者指出，中国教师过分强调应试教育和死记硬背的学习方法，这是以批判性思维能力和创造性为代价的。他们还说，国际考试夸大了中国教育体制的实力，因为这些考试把贫困地区的学生排除在外。

　　除了检视批判性思维技巧，这项研究还比较了中国学生在数学和物理学科上的差异。尽管还没有针对美国学生的测试可供对比，但研究人员发现，中国学生进入大学时所具备的技巧，比同时期的俄罗斯学生要强得多。

　　不过，上大学两年之后，中国学生在这方面几乎没什么提升，而俄罗斯同龄人则取得了相当大的进步，尽管还不足以赶上中国学生的水平。

　　斯坦福大学的研究人员推测，许多中国大学低质量的教学是出现这种结果的一个最重要的因素。中国大学倾向于奖励教授在研究领域取得的成绩，而非其教学能力。此外，官方统计数据显示，几乎所有的大学生都可以在四年后顺利毕业，这降低了他们努力学习的动力。

　　“他们不会真的淘汰谁，”这项研究的共同作者、研究中国教育30年的经济学家罗思高说。“只要考进大学，就能毕业，这是一种约定。”

　　为斯坦福这项研究提供资助的上海风险投资人李世默表示，中国的中学在培养批判性思维方面取得成功，意味着中国年青一代会拥有更多创造力，这有助于中国的经济。

　　“我们在这里经常听到的是，中国教育制度扼杀创造力，扼杀创意，”他说。“但中国可能是世界上最具创业精神的社会之一。”

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