Is there a ____(1) between learning styles in China and the West? While we should be careful to avoid ____(2) the differences, they do appear to exist. In China, for example, greater ____(3) is given to developing skills at an early age. The Americans,________________(4), place more em-phasis on____(5) creativity in young children, leaving them to____(6) skills later. American parents tend to avoid rushing in to____(7) their children as they try to____(8) a task, thinking it better that children should learn to solve problems by themselves. Such an approach can, an____(9), be mistaken for ____(10) one's parental duties by those more used to "teaching by holding the hand." Both approaches have their disadvantages as well as advantages, and it may well be ____(11) to search for a____(12) method that would combine the best of both worlds.