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Beginning with the curriculum aspect of it all, according to research, each student from America
and Japan learn the same thing, but just at different times and in different ways. The fact that
the math curriculum in our schools is set up years behind that in Japan, makes it almost
impossible for students to achieve at the same level as them because the information presented to
each group of students is not comparable. !"chueller#
This $uote e%plains in one way why performance for American students may differ from
the performance of Japanese students.
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Beginning with the curriculum aspect of it all, according to research, each student from America
and Japan learn the same thing, but just at different times and in different ways. One thing in
specific taught in this format, is math, and this may be the answer to the differences in
performance for this subject. Schuller states& The fact that the math curriculum in our
schools is set up years behind that in Japan, makes it almost impossible for students to achieve at
the same level as them because the information presented to each group of students is not
comparable. !"chueller#
We see through this uote one vivid image of why !merican and "apanese academic
performance differ, especially in the math curriculum. Schueller ma#es the point to include
this uote in the section of her research, where she directly and indirectly e$presses the
unfair comparisons between the !merican and "apanese school

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