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Hsiang, Tien Ping; Graham, Steve; Yang, Yu-Mao – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
A random sample of 782 grades 1 through 3 Chinese language arts teachers in Taiwan were surveyed about how they taught writing and their beliefs about writing. The underlying dimensions of teachers' reported writing practices and beliefs were established through factor analyses. Thirty-seven percent of the teachers reported they taught writing…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Writing Instruction, Elementary School Teachers
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Peng, Hsin-Hui; Md-Yunus, Sham'ah – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2014
The study examines whether elementary school students in Taiwan who had received Montessori education achieved significantly higher scores on tests of language arts, math, and social studies than students who attended non-Montessori elementary programs. One hundred ninety six children in first, second, and third grade participated in the study.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Montessori Method, Scores
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Huang, Sharon – Learning Languages, 2009
The impetus to begin Bilingual Buds came about six years ago when the author, pregnant with twins and commuting into New York City, was reading about the numerous cognitive benefits for children of acquiring a second language early in their lives. She was surprised to learn that even by the age of six months, children begin to lose the ability to…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese, Bilingualism