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Peer reviewedMiura, Irene T.; And Others – Child Development, 1988
Compares the cognitive representation of number of 24 American, 25 Chinese, 24 Japanese, and 40 Korean first-graders, and 20 Korean kindergartners. Chinese, Japanese, and Korean children preferred to use a construction of tens and ones to show numbers, whereas English-speaking children preferred to use a collection of units. (RJC)
Descriptors: Chinese, Cognitive Structures, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedStevenson, Harold W.; And Others – Child Development, 1985
Chinese, Japanese, and American children at grades 1 and 5 were given a battery of 10 cognitive tasks and tests of achievement in reading and mathematics. Goals were to determine (1) possible differences in cognitive abilities and (2) the possible differential relation of scores on cognitive tasks to reading by children of the three cultures.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
