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Kelly, Melissa F.; Miller, Kevin F.; Fang, Ge; Feng, Gary – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1999
Explored the effects of differences between English-language and Chinese numerical systems for naming months and days on calendar calculations. Chinese and U.S. 8- and 10-year olds and undergraduates were asked to name a date coming before or after another given date. Found that Chinese speakers used calculations; English speakers recited names.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Students, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences
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Liu, Meihui; Hung, Li-Ching – International Journal of Educational Research, 2002
As a result of Taiwan's peculiar political situation, national identity has become a crucial and controversial issue in the history curriculum. This chapter analyzes the changing role of nationalism in the history curriculum from 1980 onwards, focusing on the ways in which politics has affected the history curriculum. In particular, it examines…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Nationalism, Textbooks, Foreign Countries
Woo, Jeong-Ho, Ed.; Lew, Hee-Chan, Ed.; Park, Kyo-Sik Park, Ed.; Seo, Dong-Yeop, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2007
This third volume of the 31st annual proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference presents research reports for author surnames beginning Han- through Miy-. Reports include: (1) Elementary Education Students' Memories of Mathematics in Family Context (Markku S. Hannula, Raimo Kaasila, Erkki…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mentors, Academically Gifted, Symbols (Mathematics)
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Liu, Ping; Qi, Chunxia – International Education, 2006
Educators and scholars from both China and the U.S. not only have done an evaluation of the status of their own teaching practices, but also have studied features associated with those of their counterparts. Both parties have been engaged in educational reforms for the purpose of improving the quality of education provided to children although…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Change
Hess, Robert D.; And Others – 1986
This study examined family beliefs and motivation as sources for the superior performance on mathematics tests by Chinese students compared with Caucasian students in the United States. Beliefs about children's performance were examined in mothers and their sixth grade children in the People's Republic of China and in Chinese-American and…
Descriptors: Chinese Americans, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education
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Domino, George – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1992
Studies whether Chinese children are more cooperative, whereas U.S. children are more competitive, using 76 10- to 12-year-old children in each country. Results using the Social Values Task indicate that Chinese children favor strategies that result in equality and group enhancement, and U.S. children favor individualistic and competitive…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Chinese, Competition, Cooperation
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Cai, Jinfa – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1998
Investigates different approaches of students from different cultures to problems and problem-solving strategies. Suggests ways to encourage students to use algebraic strategies. Provides some action research ideas for teachers to try in their classrooms. Contains 11 references. (ASK)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Action Research, Algebra, Cross Cultural Studies
Bao, Julie Qiu – 1998
This paper examines how values education is taught in Chinese and American elementary schools and what values are advocated in Chinese and American elementary textbooks. Differences in attitude, content, method, and outcome are analyzed in the context of social and cultural backgrounds. It is concluded that American textbooks tend to emphasize…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Cultural Differences, Design Preferences
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Nuttall, Ena Vasquez; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1988
Compared family drawings of Chinese (People's Republic of China) and United States (U.S.) elementary school children. Chinese children depicted parents and grandparents more frequently, reflecting the Chinese tendency to perceive themselves as members of nuclear and extended families, whereas U.S. children expressed more individualism and…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education
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Stevenson, 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
Cai, Jinfa – 1997
Cross-national studies in mathematics have consistently reported that U.S. students do not perform as well as Asian students on tasks requiring the application of mathematical knowledge and skills routinely learned in school. Recent studies have shown, however, that for tasks assessing relatively novel and complex problem solving, performance…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Computation, Elementary School Mathematics, Foreign Countries
Cheng, Zi-Juan; Hau, Kit-Tai; Wen, Jian-Bing; Kong, Chit-Kwong – 2000
Using structural equation modeling (SEM), researchers examined whether there was a general dominating factor that governed students' implicit theories of intelligence, morality, personality, creativity, and social intelligence. The possible age-related changes of students' implicit theories were also studied. In all, 1,650 elementary and junior…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Creativity, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Mak, Frank – Kamehameha Journal of Education, 1994
The "Friends Sharing with Friends" program provides Hawaiian intermediate students an opportunity to live in Japan with Japanese student partners for two weeks. In exchange, the Hawaiian students host the Japanese students in their home. Students learn each others' languages and cultures, often enhancing their knowledge of their own…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
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Tuss, Paul; And Others – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1995
Explores the attributional orientation of underachieving students in three countries (Japan, China, and the United States). Responses from 738 students reveal that Asian students perceived controllable causes, particularly effort, to play a greater role in performance outcomes than did their American peers. Implications are discussed regarding the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Elementary Education
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Koballa, Thomas R; Chen, Chyong-Sun – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 1993
Investigated the persuasiveness of anecdotal and data-summary messages. The messages were read by most subjects (n=106) in less than 30 minutes. Short-term changes in intention and attitude resulted from the anecdotal message, whereas changes to individual beliefs were more long lasting. The data-summary messages produced no short-term or…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Environmental Education
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