Critics of the new program complain that the "progressive" math-teaching style used in China, Singapore and Japan is difficult to apply to real-life situations.

对这个新项目不满的批评人士称，这种在中国、新加坡和日本所采用的“先进”的教学方法很难解决日常生活中的实际问题。

youdao

Throughout the nation's more than 15,000 school districts, widely differing approaches to teaching science and math have emerged.

全国超过15000个学区出现了不同的科学和数学教学方法。

youdao

On that very day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math.

就在那一天，她不再教授阅读、写作和数学课程了。

youdao

We have a step-by-step procedure we follow." (VOICE) Gertie Walls started teaching Singapore Math to her students a couple of years ago.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

The last member of the group, a slight, nervous-seeming man with a grey goatee had retired this past summer after 40 years of teaching math in a Fort Worth high school.

CNN: Why a pundit wrote a novel

To bring more educators into the classroom, the National Math and Science Initiative is working with Texas Instruments and the Dell Foundation to prepare almost 5, 000 new math and science teachers in the next five years -- through a program that allows young people to earn teaching certificates and science degrees at the same time.

WHITEHOUSE: Honoring Educators in Math and Science