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How Can Asian Children Achieve So Much 小组成员：简阔 赫少攀 郎军科 Of the 14 New York City finalists in the 1988 national Westinghouse science awards competition, 11 were Asians. In the San Diego area, Asian high school students have higher grade-point averages than other students；Asian students take more advanced high school courses and graduate with more credits than their peers. How are young Asian Americans able to make such a strong showing? Researchers have come up with some answers . 在1988年全国性的西屋（电气）技术判决赛的14位纽约市的决赛选手中有11个是亚洲人。在圣地亚哥地区，亚裔高中生的平均成绩要比其他的学生高；华裔学生能够接受更多高级的高中课程并且毕业时比起同龄人，他们能够得到更多的学分。亚裔美国人怎么能够做出如此厉害的表现？研究人员给出了一些答案。 In a cross-culture study of Americans, Japanese, and Chinese children, an international research team assessed cognitive abilities on the basis of common experiences. Test items in all three languages includes verbal tasks (repeating lists of words and numbers, following spoken directions, answering questions about stories and everyday facts, and defining words) and nonverbal tasks (learning a code, completing a square, matching shapes, and recalling rhythms ). Urban first and fifth-graders in all three countries also took reading and math tests. 在一次关于美国，日本以及中国儿童跨文化的学习中，一个国际研究团队根据日常经验对认知能力进行了评估。在所有三种语言的测试中包括言辞上的任务（重复列表上的单词和数字，跟着指示讲演，回答关于故事和日常事物的问题，以及定义单词）和非言辞上的任务（学习编码，计算平方，匹配形状，和回想韵律）。在三个国家的城市中，从一年级到五年级的学生还都进行了阅读和数学测试。 Apparently, Asian students do not start out with any overall cognitive superiority. In fact, Americans first-graders outperformed the others on many tasks, 显然，亚裔学生并不是一开始就具备全面的认知优越特性，事实上，美国一年级的儿童在许多方面表现的要比其他儿童优秀， Possibly because they were more used to answering adults’ questions and had had more cultural experiences like going to museums, zoos, and movies. In another study, American children did better at ages 4 to 6 at counting and judging when something is more or less than something else, but by age 7 or 8, Korean children had surpassed them. 可能是因为他们更习惯于回答成人的问题并且有更多与文化相关的经历，比如去博物馆，动物园和电影院。另一项研究表明，