China students have a solid foundation, which is an advantage, but it also has shortcomings. Students in China always cringe when facing new things. Compared with American students, their sense of innovation is very poor. Whether it is the course study report, design report or final exam of each course, Huada pays more attention to whether the students' answers meet the "standards"; American universities pay more attention to practice and creative thinking in practice. This is also an important difference between domestic education and western education.
Domestic students often have amazing memory ability and good mathematical foundation, which is also the reason why China students can get good grades in exam-oriented education. American higher education requires students to participate more, practice more and create more. Many courses are student-centered and arrange teaching activities such as case study and discussion, case analysis and presentation.
The teacher's face-to-face teaching time for students is very short, accounting for about 30% of the students' study time. The rest of the time depends on students' self-study, going to the library to consult materials and discuss with each other, so as to learn relevant knowledge. In the process of participation and practice, students' self-study and problem-solving ability have been improved. Because they change passive learning into active learning and have different attitudes, the learning effect is very different.
The classroom atmosphere in the United States is very active, and students can interrupt the teacher's lecture and ask questions at any time. Although some questions seem simple, teachers will answer them seriously. Some questions are so sharp that students can even refute the teacher's point of view.
Course assignments usually require students to critically discuss current policies or evaluation methods. Teachers in American colleges and universities mainly encourage students' course reports or course designs: praise students for their unique thinking and unusual opinions; Even if some students' reports have just passed, teachers can find the highlights of the article from the reports to encourage them. These encouragements greatly enhance students' self-confidence and can understand the problems in their reports.