Which of the following is not a reason why many children in Chinese schools perform better than children in most American schools in math?
a. The Chinese generally value education in math more than Americans do.
b. The names for the number words in Chinese are shorter than corresponding words in English.
c. The Chinese language uses the base-ten system to represent numbers in the teens.
d. Chinese children's ability to count to 20 before American children gives them an advantage in processing numbers.
A
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