都说美国孩子动手能力虽强,但基础知识差。然而据国际教育成就评估协会新近所作的调查,此话可能只说对了一半。这就是说,尽管美国孩子的笔算、心算等计算方面的能力确实糟糕,却拥有比世界任何国家的同龄孩子更强的阅读能力。该协会曾对涵盖欧美、亚洲等地区的总共34个 Say that American children's ability to start though strong, but the basic knowledge is poor. However, according to a recent survey by the International Association for the Assessment of Educational Achievement, the remark may be only half-truth. This means that although the American children's ability to perform calculations, mental arithmetic and other calculations is really poor, they have a stronger reading ability than their peers in any country in the world. The association had a total of 34 covering Europe, America, Asia and other regions