East Asian teachers spend about half their time on:
AMaking connections
BTimed drills
CSilent seatwork
DBoard copying
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Making connections
1. Explicit attention to concepts means connecting facts and ideas.
2. East Asian teachers devote half their time to this.
3. Drills and copying are not the connections described.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Mathematics_education" (rev ?), section "Conceptual understanding"_
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