"Tom Loveless, in his book How Well Are American Students Learning?, observes that there is a negative correlation between students’ confidence in their mathematical abilities and their maths scores on the TIMSS, and an even stronger negative correlation showing that the less their enjoyment of maths, the higher their maths scores" - state schools do not teach self-confidence, whereas the British public (actually private) schools tell their pupils from the moment that they enrol that they are the best.
"...the belief that systems which ensure high standards in reading, writing and arithmetic inevitably do so at the expense of creativity, thinking, individuality and so on. Especially in Atlantic societies, this is put forward, often by teachers themselves, as an explanation for the poor performance of, say, the UK or US compared to Pacific Asia. It seems plausible at first sight, but it is completely untrue. For one thing, it would not explain why the UK or the US performs worse than Canadian provinces such as Ontario or Alberta" - again and again the evidence is irrefutable, we have lazy self-justifying teachers and they are impossible to get rid of.
"...the evidence shows overwhelmingly that when children are taught to think, and to reflect on how they are thinking as they learn their subjects, their performance significantly improves" - possibly, but one leading poet has said he cannot think, he can only feel.
"...the belief that systems which ensure high standards in reading, writing and arithmetic inevitably do so at the expense of creativity, thinking, individuality and so on. Especially in Atlantic societies, this is put forward, often by teachers themselves, as an explanation for the poor performance of, say, the UK or US compared to Pacific Asia. It seems plausible at first sight, but it is completely untrue. For one thing, it would not explain why the UK or the US performs worse than Canadian provinces such as Ontario or Alberta" - again and again the evidence is irrefutable, we have lazy self-justifying teachers and they are impossible to get rid of.
"...the evidence shows overwhelmingly that when children are taught to think, and to reflect on how they are thinking as they learn their subjects, their performance significantly improves" - possibly, but one leading poet has said he cannot think, he can only feel.
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