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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (6 children)

Funny that in Chinese, I literally have always known it as 阿拉伯數字 (Arabic Numerals).

I'm starting to realize more and more how much the Chinese Language is just simply better at teaching concepts.

Disclaimer, I am ethnic Chinese, but I'm totally not biased at all :D


Edit:

Also, while we're on the topic of Numerals, teach Chinese Numbers as well, its literally one syllable per character, much easier to pronounce and remember.

English has become my primary language, but I still often find myself counting in Chinese (Cantonese).

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

We call them Arabic numerals too but the street name is numbers. Very powerful concept

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[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Chinese/Japanese characters have kindof always led to good student outcomes in wrote memorization because of the necessity of pattern recognition. With an alphabet there’s simply less to learn, and you don’t have much context since etymology in alphabet based languages is so much more esoteric.

Also, Americans aren’t really taught much about technology from outside of the American sphere of influence. American schooling has a lot of dead zones.

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[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Aryabhata and Brahmagupta approve.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

ITS AN OUTRAGE I TELL YOU! MATH IS AMERICAN! INVENTED IN AMERICA!

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 1 points 8 hours ago

Ahh yes. The good ol' 1 2 3s!

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