Chinese students: success begins at home

A recent story in the Higher Education section of The Australian provides a very interesting insight into the study habit of children from Chinese, Anglo and Pacific Islands backgrounds.

The story cites a recent study by the Univeristy of Western Sydney and the NSW Education Department found that study habits learned by Chinese students in the home encourages a more disciplined approach to study which can yield better results in future years.

The study found that 56per cent of the Chinese students spent more than one hour a night on their homework, compared with 24per cent of Anglo children and 35per cent of Pacific Islander students.

The research found that it is important that children are taught the basic physical habits of study like sitting at a desk, focusing on the task at ahand and even holding a pencil in the correct way.