A new article at Education Innovation highlights an intriguing part of Malcolm Gladwell's new book Outliers: The Story of Success which explains the differences in how numbers are taught in the Eastern and Western world. In short, the language of numbers in the East is far more logical than it is in our language, which could help explain our differences in math achievement, interest and investment.
It's an interesting idea, but even taking those differences into account, what can we do about it? We can't change our entire language... can we?
which explains the differences in how numbers are taught in the Eastern and Western world. In short, the language of numbers in the East is far more logical than it is in our language, which could help explain our differences in math achievement, interest and investment.