Singapore kids streets ahead on maths

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Emeritus professor of mathematics education at the University of Melbourne Kaye Stacey said the perception of Singapore was that it concentrated on rote learning without properly understanding the concepts...

Sometimes some professors speak nonsense.

How is = - multiplication division a type of rote learning?

Occasionally, the brain may not be ready/ developed enough to understand the concepts and rote learning should be applied temporarily