Fill in the blank (Quotes)
"___ farmers worked harder than almost any other kind of farmer."
What is Rice
A rice paddie must be ____?
What is Irrigated
What did rice do for China?
What is "it made the world go around"
What was the TMISS test?
What is a 120 question test used to compare academic achievement in countries
What was the significance of lahp cheun
What is Turning of the Spring- Back to work.
"on international comparison tests students from ___ all score roughly the same in math, around the 98th percentile."
Rice fields are found where?
What is carved into mountainsides or marshland/river plains
What is the typical rice paddie size compared to?
What is a Hotel Room
What was the significance of the TMISS results in countries that excel in mathematics?
What is the results of the TMISS and math tests are identical
In what way does culture affect mathematical success?
What is cultural perspectives impact mathematical performance
"__, shrewd planning and self-reliance or cooperation within a small group will in time bring recompase."
What is Hardwork
How did weeding occur in the rice fields?
What is by hand
A typical rice farm might compose of how many rice paddies?
What is two to three
Other than rice farming, what cultural aspect allows people, specifically from Eastern Asia, to surpass other parts of the world in math?
What is their language's numerical system
What principle was Schoenfeld teaching/testing for in his experiments and lessons
What is attitude
"Renee's doggedness is not the exception but a ___ trait."
What is Cultural
A combination of burnt compost, river mud, bean cake, and hemp
What is "Night Soil"
This can cause a rice field to flood?
What is the field not being leveled
How long did Renee attempt to solve the math problem Schoenfeld presented to her?
What is 22 minutes
What did Boe believe the outcome of an annual Middle School Mathematic Olympic's would be?
What is completely predictable due to level of effort put forth
"[T]he annual workload of a wetrice farmer in Asian [falls] at ___ hours a year."
What is 3000
Rice paddies are typically filled with _____
What is Leeches
How many rotations do they try to get in before the winter season?
What is Two
What is the driving factor that determines whether a culture will succeed in math?
What is the amount of time and effort people are willing to put towards their work
" No one who can rise before dawn three hundred fifty days a years fails to make his family rich" True or False?
What is false