When doing his math homework, Lu Lifei, from Jiangsu Province, came across a problem. He couldn’t work it out. So he took out his cellphone, started a special app and searched for the problem. Answers soon appeared on the screen.
Nowadays, many students do homework with the help of the Internet like Lu. They search for information online, use apps or discuss through social tools like QQ and WeChat.
“It’s convenient. You don’t have to wait or get a tutor on the spot.” Lu said. “You also learn by seeing how others work problems out.”
“It also improves students’ abilities,” said Wang Shiying, from Shanghai. “And it’s especially true for new types of homework.”
Wang’s Chinese teacher often asks students to give lectures on great authors. When it comes to Wang’s turn, she usually searches online, picks out certain stories and makes PowerPoint presentations.
“I’ve become adept（熟练的）at searching for information online and using Microsoft Office,” Wang said. However, this trend also brings up problems. Some students just copy the answers online without thinking. They become lazy. Huang Pengxiang, a head teacher from Shanxi, said that knowing how to use the Internet was important. The key is to have good self-control.
“No matter how difficult the problem is, think about it independently first,” Huang said. “Be sure to understand the reasons behind the answers, or you won’t make progress. If you’re not confident about your self-control, ask your parents for help.”
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China’s second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, has given the country’s first-ever video lecture from space. The whole lecture lasted about 40 minutes.
Speaking to students through a live video, from the Tiangong-I space laboratory. Ms. Wang used spinning tops (旋转的陀螺), a ball and some water to explain physics in zero-gravity (失重), with the help of a fellow astronaut.
Ms. Wang used different experiments to demonstrate (证明) the concepts (概念)of weight and mass (质量) in space. Towards the end of the class, Ms. Wang made a film (薄膜) of water using a metal ring. She then turned the film of water into a water ball by pouring more water onto it.
Around 330 primary and secondary school students watched the lecture from a special classroom in Beijing, where they could also ask Ms. Wang questions through a live video.
From time to time, the students greeted her lecture with warm applause (掌声). When answering a student’s question, Ms. Wang described what she could see in space.
“The stars we see are much brighter, but they do not twinkle (闪烁),” she said, “The sky we see isn’t blue, but black. And every day, we can see the sun rise 16 times because we circle the Earth every 90 minutes.”
About 60 million students and teachers around China also watched the lecture live on TV.
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Last month, students of Junior 2 from Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School took a special test. They took it by traveling.
The students stayed in Nanjing and Yangzhou for five days. Their teachers gave each student a list of questions to answer during the trip. The questions were also the students’ mid-term test for history and geography. There were questions like: How long is the Beijing-Shanghai Railway? Why did the six dynasties choose Nanjing as their capital?
“I never had so much fun with an exam,” said Guo Fei, a 14-year-old student. “We learned a lot.” The students learned much more than just the answers to the questions. They also visited the Nanjing Massacre Museum(南京大屠杀纪念馆). The students did not get to sleep on the train to Nanjing. Usually the kids would sleep on a train journey, but this time they all had seats. “The seats are not the same as our chairs at home,” said Dong Hao. “I know most workers travel in this way. That must be very hard!” The students also learned how to take care of themselves. They wash clothes and make the beds by themselves. “I learned a lot of skills,” said Huang Yuan. “I never knew I could do so many things.”
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