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Jue Wang – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2024
This article is a critical ethnographic study that examines rural Chinese girls' literacy practices in sanctioned and unsanctioned spaces, and their negotiations with the articulated and delivered literacy program. In particular, this study focuses on a group of 1st-grade girls, who I call the "Spy Girls," engaged in the celebration of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
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Chan, Winnie Wai Lan; Au, Terry K.; Tang, Joey – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
Children struggle with mathematics for different reasons. Developmental dyscalculia and low numeracy--two kinds of mathematical difficulties--may have their roots, respectively, in poor understanding of exact non-symbolic numerosities and of symbolic numerals. This study was the first to explore whether Chinese children, despite cultural and…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Arithmetic, Numeracy, Foreign Countries
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Norton, Stephen; Zhang, Qinqiong – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2013
We often hear about how well other countries are performing in international tests such as PISA. In this article, Stephen Norton and Qinqiong Zhang describe a classroom and a tutor session from a Chinese setting. They describe the amount of time spent in class and out of class working on mathematics. Also they explain how learning is highly valued…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Cultural Influences
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Jackowicz, Stephen, Ed.; Sahin, Ismail, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences (iHSES) which took place on April 22-25, 2021 in New York, USA-www.ihses.net. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Handheld Devices, Audio Equipment, Foreign Students
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Zhou, Zheng; Peverly, Stephen T.; Lin, Chongde – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2004
A problem with interpretations of differences in mathematic achievement between students from Asian countries and those from the United States is the seemingly implicit assumption of the cultural homogeneity of Asian societies. Researchers rarely measure the effects of variables within cultures that are hypothesized to be related to differences…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Mathematics Achievement, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries