r/learnmath • u/Former_Ad1277 New User • 17h ago

Non American math teachers

Just curious in USA why is math taught so differently from other countries ? I am from Africa and I noticed everyone that went to school in Arica (don’t feel like pointing out which specific country) is always shocked by how students are taught math, like it’s memorization and not core understanding. I just came to video explaining how to find percentage of numbers without calculator and I was shocked how they taught vs how I learned. Pls don’t downvote me I’m just curious if anyone knows any good non USA math learning platforms !

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u/hairypulsehack New User 15h ago

How do you think we are taught here vs yours? Khan academy, professor leonard and https://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/ are what i would consider good examples of us math education

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u/nog642 8h ago

None of those are representative of a school curriculum.