Outliers Chapter 8

What do psychologists call the Chinese number system?

How big is a typical rice paddy?

What is the name of the test used to measure how well students do in mathematics?

What does Gladwell say Asian cultures value?

What does Schoenfeld consider to be the secret to learning mathematics?

What did the 5 places with the top scores on the TIMSS test all have in common?

Why are Chinese numbers memorized more quickly?

What does Gladwell mean when he talks about "cultural legacies?"

Chinese students learn to count to 40 two years earlier than American students?

How long do farmers spend tending to rice paddies in a year?

What is the average amount of time it would take an American high school student to figure out a math problem?

Why are students from rice farming cultures more likely to excel in math?

Most Chinese numbers can be spoken in a quarter of a second?

What do farmers of the Middle Ages do in the summer in Europe?

In Alan Schoenfeld's study, how long did it take Renee to figure out the math problem?

What role do cultural factors play in shaping an individuals opportunity for success?

Rice paddies are easy to maintain?