In regards to math skills, some cultures are more advanced while others are slightly less. For instance in China, math skills are important for future learning and achievement. Children in China begin to learn math skills starting from preschool. In America, children in preschool aren’t taught math right away because it is believed they aren’t ready until formal schooling. Math skills vary in the way it is applied to a real life situation. Children who apply math through work, such as the kid selling candy bars on the street will have different skills than the child applying math in a class environment. Both skills are highly important, but both children will have a different type of learning. One child, according to Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence, will have analytical intelligence while the other will have practical
In regards to math skills, some cultures are more advanced while others are slightly less. For instance in China, math skills are important for future learning and achievement. Children in China begin to learn math skills starting from preschool. In America, children in preschool aren’t taught math right away because it is believed they aren’t ready until formal schooling. Math skills vary in the way it is applied to a real life situation. Children who apply math through work, such as the kid selling candy bars on the street will have different skills than the child applying math in a class environment. Both skills are highly important, but both children will have a different type of learning. One child, according to Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence, will have analytical intelligence while the other will have practical