牛津大學最新研究表明 中式教育完勝英式教育

New British research confirms for the first time that children taught math through Chinese-style teaching methods are far ahead of their peers.

英國最新研究首次證實：採用中式教學法教出來的孩子，其表現遠遠優於同齡人。

The independent study by the University of Oxford says students taught the traditional Asian "mastery" methods do "significantly better".

這一由牛津大學負責進行的獨立研究表明，接受傳統亞洲數學教學法的學生表現“明顯更好”。

The research looked specifically at the Inspire Maths program, which is widely used in Singapore and through which Shanghai pupils have been shown to excel.

牛津大學針對“啓發式數學”課程做了具體研究，該教學課程在新加坡和上海得到廣泛施行，其中上海學生在課程學習中表現超羣。

Interest in the method was prompted by the success of Shanghai and Singapore in international rankings in 2012.

2012年上海和新加坡學生在國際成績排名上的不俗表現，激發了英國對亞洲學習方法的極大興趣。

The rankings compare math proficiency in different geographic areas. Shanghai came top, Singapore was second. The UK came in at 26.

該排名依據各地區學生展現出的數學能力而定。考覈結果顯示，上海高居榜首，新加坡位居第二，而英國僅排名第26位。

The teaching style calls for classes to be taught as a whole and for children's confidence to gradually be built up.

中式教學法提倡整體教學和循序漸進，幫孩子們樹立學習信心。

The method introduces core concepts that are broken down into small steps, starting with the use of everyday objects and drawings to help them understand principles.

該教學法引進節節分拆的核心理念，將學生每日學習目標分拆成小段，逐個攻破，在打牢基礎同時幫助學生達到理解所學概念的目的。

The UK has recently begun to shift toward teaching math in a way that is more like the Chinese way.

英國最近已經開始轉變本國的數學教學法，向中式教學法靠攏。

In July, the UK government announced it would spend 41 million pounds during the next four years on supporting 8,000 primary Schools in adopting "mastery" techniques.

今年七月份，英國政府宣稱，將在未來四年撥款4100萬英鎊，資助8000所小學推廣採用中式數學教學法。

Minister of State for Schools Nick Gibb said at the time that a China and Shanghai teachers exchange program would continue during the following two years, to strengthen the teaching of math in primary schools.

英國教育大臣尼克·吉布表示，未來兩年內，將持續開展上海和英國之間的數學教師交流項目，以此提升本國小學的數學教學水平。

James Hall, lead author of the Oxford University study, said: "Overall, we found positive evidence that Inspire Maths benefited children's maths achievement and supported teachers' professional development."

來自牛津大學的項目研究帶頭人詹姆士·霍爾稱：“總的來說，我們發現'啓發式數學'教學方法對孩子們的數學成績大有助益，也對老師們的專業教學大有裨益。”