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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Voldemort 27 Mar \ parent \ on: Math scores declining charts_and_numbers
I would agree with this as a partial, maybe primary, reason.
I think there are a lot of other contributing factors, as well. I think the further separation between asian countries and european/western countries is evident of some of these.
  1. An over emphasis on feelings. As society often does, there has been an over correction from ignoring your feelings that a lot of current parents experienced as children to constantly considering them. This means kids can use feelings as an excuse to underperform or get out of things altogether. Sometimes it is valid, but I am close with a lot of educators who are told kids need to be given breaks for all sorts of BS.
  2. For a long time western cultures, maybe just the US, have told kids it is okay to be bad at math because math is hard. Eliminating any math requirements from certain colleges is cementing this belief. A lot of parents I know also think the new teaching methods are stupid because they don't understand them which further perpetuates this.
I don't get the sense these first two have occurred to the same degree in asian cultures. I could be wrong, so would be interested in other's perspectives.
  1. The age in which kids start social media is decreasing which leads to a whole host of issues. I can't imagine mindless scrolling makes it easier for kids to focus on math homework.
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