China’s college students and how much difference between top American universities?
See Tsinghua University, “Undergraduate education situation survey report 2009″ to the U.S. top research universities as a reference, self-examination and undergraduate education situation, think about how to further improve the education and teaching. Such shortcomings of the mental and behavioral self-worth more schools.
It is understood that the survey tool used by the “National Study of College Students into the investigation,” the finished version of the questionnaire. The original questionnaire consists of five institutions can be compared across indicators, such as learning challenges, active cooperation in learning, student-teacher interaction, the richness of educational experience and campus environment support. Investigation report, the top U.S. research universities, is organized by the University of the United States has the most prominent features of research functions of universities.
Discussion group basic conclusion is: Tsinghua University undergraduate education in general and the United States from the University of par quite similar, their respective advantages. Tsinghua advantage of non-course, a lot can be attributed to student characteristics (such as hard to learn, the high expectations of self, etc.) as well as teaching classes and other collective forms of organization system. American University’s advantages are mainly the course, the basic attributed to its advantage in the subjects. Discussion group on the problems that made the diagnosis for internal reference.
The survey, Tsinghua lower grade students performed better than the U.S. top research universities and the general level of American universities. Challenges in the academic degree and the level of active cooperative learning is no difference in the educational experience the richness and the degree of support on campus, the university is better than the other. Especially the rich educational experience better than the other’s performance has been outstanding. American University of indicators as student-teacher interaction.
In comparison, the performance of senior students of Tsinghua and the gap between American students significantly. Tsinghua students in the academic challenges of high degree, the level of active collaborative learning, student-teacher interaction level 3 indicators, are lower than similar institutions and the overall level of the U.S., especially in the active cooperative learning and student-teacher interaction at the level of more significant difference. The richness of educational experience no difference. The degree of support on campus, the university is slightly higher.
The researchers noted that both Tsinghua University junior or senior students in the student-teacher interaction indices are significantly different with American college students. The survey found similar Tsinghua University curriculum and the curriculum compared to the United States, in memory, analysis, synthesis, judge and use of five levels of achievement of the goals, the standards are different there, but the higher level of thinking, the difference became more significant.
Survey results show that Tsinghua students in the program stringent requirements on the extent of differences in comparison with American universities. Tsinghua required academic reading course was significantly higher than American universities, particularly the lower grades. The amount of writing, the requirement of large Tsinghua course work (papers and research reports) more than the number of college than the United States, no difference in the short assignments. But in the “test can promote student learning,” this indicator, the Tsinghua University was significantly lower than the United States.
Tsinghua students and American students in the classroom learning behavior is very great. Tsinghua students in courses on self-reported never to speak or participate in the discussions were 33.6%, only 5% of U.S. college students. Nearly 60% of U.S. college students self-reporting “often” or “very often” questions or participate in the discussion, and this proportion was only 12.3% in Tsinghua. This difference is more prominent in high-performance grades. Student learning behavior in the classroom, “oral report”, the lower grade students did not differ, but the gap suddenly opened in the higher grades.
Students in courses under the acts of course, there is no fundamental difference. The only difference is the most important is that under the Tsinghua students spend class time learning more than twice as many American students. Tsinghua students learn self-reported average weekly hours over 30 hours the ratio of 30.7%. Almost three Tsinghua students have a 7 days a week to learn. In addition to the extra-curricular, their study time more than 4 hours a day. U.S. college students and this study only 6%.
Report that the expansion of Tsinghua students in extra-curricular learning behavior better than American students, in particular to participate in academic competition issues and the experience of the more prominent. Tsinghua students study abroad opportunities for U.S. students is not different, indicating Tsinghua international education in recent years efforts have been reflected in the student’s school experience.
The survey found that students from Tsinghua University in the “extensive knowledge” of harvest was significantly lower than American college students, professional knowledge and skills in the areas of no difference in skills (expression, cooperation and problem-solving abilities) and self-concept development, nor is there difference.

