How Are Students Learning Patterns Influenced by the CEE

Abstract

The College Entrance Exam (the CEE) in China has been in operation for several decades. However, there are increasing complaints about this education system in recent years, claiming the CEE can harm students learning patterns. This article aims to review the students affected and changed learning patterns in the context of Chinese College Entrance Exam (CEE) as well as Chinese cultural background. First, this paper introduces the basic information about the CEE and its score-oriented system, in order to better analyse in the following contents. Second, this paper describes how scholars define a learning pattern and what can influence a learning pattern. Then, the paper points out the gap that few researchers have explored how students learning patterns can be influenced by such an exam system. Lastly, after reviewing past papers, the results show that learning patterns of students can be negatively influenced either directly or indirectly in the context of the CEE. This study shows the importance of an education system as well as parenting or teaching styles in affecting the students learning habits and skills like critical thinking. Findings from this study also provide new insights for instructors and learners to optimize the learning patterns.