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Peer reviewedTay, Richard S. – Journal of Economic Education, 1994
Reports on a study of student academic performance among 1,314 first-year business students at a technical university in Singapore. Concludes that older students, students with prior economic course experience, male students, and ethnic Chinese students performed better than their counterparts. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedWei, Tan Tai – Journal of Moral Education, 1994
Asserts that moral education in Singapore has been aimed pragmatically at forging together, by shared values, the four major racial and cultural communities of that nation. Maintains that moral education also has been used to preserve a cultural and national identity against the perceived erosion of Asian roots by Western education. (ACM)
Descriptors: Asian History, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences
