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Cheung, Wai Ming; Tse, Shek Kam; Lam, Joseph W. I.; Ka Yee Loh, Elizabeth – Journal of Research in Reading, 2009
Reading literacy of fourth-grade students in Hong Kong showed a remarkable improvement from 2001 to 2006 as shown by international PIRLS studies. This study identified various aspects of the teacher factor contributing to the significant improvement among students. A total of 4,712 students and 144 teachers from 144 schools were randomly selected…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Elementary School Teachers
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Yeung, See-shing; Heyworth, Rex M. – Chinese University Education Journal, 1990
Examines strategic differences between more and less competent novices in story-sorting, problem-solving tasks by comparing two Hong Kong primary school teachers, two competent and two less competent secondary students on problem-solving tasks. Indicates subjects used a wide variety of solution strategies. Suggests that success depended on how…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Competence, Educational Research, Foreign Countries