"Asian students start taking exams when they are very young and grow up with them," says Hung Wan-sheng. "On pencil and paper tests with time limits, Asian students do perform superbly." He believes that it's even more true that Asian students put a lot of emphasis on test results and always do their best to prepare for them.
有人認為，類似國際奧林匹亞這般的國際數學競賽，所得的成績並不足為憑，因為「亞洲學生從小考試長大，在一個特定的時間、空間內測試紙筆作答，台灣學生的能力的確很強」，洪萬生認為，更何況亞洲國家學生一向重視考試成績，針對考試總是「很盡責」地準備。