It's not easy to learn maths well. Students need to remember many formulas(公式) and do lots of maths exercises. Now, more and more students in the United Kingdom learn maths the way Chinese students do.
In 2017, a whole set of Shanghai's primary school maths textbooks, Real Shanghai Maths, went on the UK's book market. There are 36 books, including a Teacher Guide, Textbook and Pupil Pract ice Book for each grade(1-6), according to Xinhua.
The books are translated(被翻译) word- for- word from the Chinese versions(版本). The only change is the price. The Chinese yuan becomes the British pound.
This is not the first time the UK has learnt from China's months instruction(教学). Since 2014, the UK has invited many junior high school and primary school maths teachers in Shanghai to take part in the teaching in its schools. In 2015, the publishing house Collins Learning introduced the practice book One Lesson, One Exercise to Britain. There are 11 books for 11grades, from primary school to high school.
This is because the UK doesn't want its students to fall behind. In the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment(国际学生评估项目), Shanghai students were No.1 in maths. British students, however, were No.26.
" This will help young people be prepared for further study," said Nick Gibb, minister of Britain's schools.
