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Chapman, David W.; Chen, Xiaoyu; Postiglione, Gerard A. – Comparative Education Review, 2000
Among 2,357 elementary and secondary teachers in rural ethnic-minority regions of China, teacher's use of classroom instructional time and overall professional time was strongly influenced by grade level taught and somewhat influenced at the elementary level by teacher's preservice training. Results suggest that Chinese investments in preservice…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Quality, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
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Chen, Jing Qi; Chen, Da Guang – Health Education Research, 2005
Several recent studies on child sexual abuse (CSA) in Chinese society have shown that the problem is not uncommon, and is associated with poor mental health and health-related risk behaviors of abused youth. It is very important to understand and improve public awareness of CSA prevention, especially for the parents. However, there are few…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Foreign Countries, Grade 3
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Chen, Chuansheng; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1996
Ten years after initial participation by 729 American, Chinese, and Japanese first graders and their mothers, interviews and achievement tests completed by 475 students from this sample found high stability of achievement relationships among all three societies. Associations between early predictors and achievement were similar for all groups.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adolescents, Cultural Differences
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Straka, Gerald A.; Bos, Wilfried – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1989
A content analysis of selected German translations of six Chinese primary school textbooks, used from 1963 to 1982, assessed the socializing functions of qualification, integration, and identification. Categories involved include professional, moral, cultural, family, school, associations, China as a unified nation, China's achievements, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Schools, Family (Sociological Unit)
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Campbell, J. R., Ed. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1994
This special issue summarizes parallel studies in five countries (Japan, Greece, Thailand, Republic of China, United States) investigating the causal linkages among socioeconomic status variables, family processes, and school variables on the mathematics achievement of urban elementary school children. Methodological problems in cross-cultural and…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Barclay, James R.; Wu, Wu-Tien – 1977
This study is a cross-cultural comparison of elementary classroom climates on a multi-method, multi-score inventory (The Barclay Classroom Climate Inventory). Subjects of the study were 438 children in grades 3-6 from two elementary schools in Taiwan and 512 children from the same grades in two Indiana classrooms. Utilizing multivariate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Comparative Education
Probandt, Ruth – 1970
This annotated bibliography on Asia, Africa, and Latin America contains sources primarily for elementary and secondary school students; also included are books for libraries and teachers. The bibliography on Asia is divided into curriculum materials and information books. Some of the countries covered are: Burma; Cambodia; China; India; Japan;…
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, African Literature, Annotated Bibliographies
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Hurd, Paul DeHart – American Biology Teacher, 1981
Describes aspects of biology education in China, discussing school organization, science curriculum at primary and secondary levels, biology curriculum, environmental education, biology instruction, Chinese students, school factories, informal science education, popularization of science, college entrance requirements, and preservice and inservice…
Descriptors: Biology, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
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Leung, Cheung-Shing Samuel; Yuen-Fan, Lomita Wong – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1996
Explains how the education system in Hong Kong has helped to shape Hong Kong's past diglossia and how the country is preparing to face the changes inherent in the new political context in which Putonghua will be another element. Reports on the status and use of Cantonese and Putonghua (the national language of the People's Republic of China). (33…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Change Agents, Context Effect, Diglossia
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Cai, Jinfa – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1997
The contributions of open-ended tasks in examining students' mathematical performance were studied with 250 U.S. and 425 Chinese sixth graders. Open-ended tasks allow for analysis of student performance that cannot be assessed solely by percent correct or incorrect, but they pose many problems, such as those of translation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computation, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary School Students
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Hua, Zou Da; Fu, Frank H. – Journal of the International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport, and Dance, 1994
Three articles examine the Asia Youth Health Related Fitness Test proposed by the Asia Regional Board of the International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance. The articles look at test results on fitness levels and knowledge from Japan, China, and Hong Kong. (SM)
Descriptors: Athletics, Body Composition, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Shu, Hua; And Others – 1994
A study investigated children's natural learning of word meanings while reading. Subjects, 447 American and Chinese children in third and fifth grades, read one of two cross-translated stories and then completed a test on the difficult words in both stories. Results indicated: (1) significant incidental learning of word meanings in both grades in…
Descriptors: Chinese, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education
Hong, Eunsook; Lee, Kit-hung – 1999
This study compared preferred homework styles of Chinese students who were characterized by: (1) high versus low self-perceived homework achievement and attitude; (2) high versus low teacher-rated homework completion and quality; (3) high versus low academic achievement in mathematics. Gender differences in homework styles were also examined.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, High Achievement, Homework
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Phuntsog, Nawang – Equity & Excellence in Education, 1998
Puts forth some ideas to help American educators help Tibetan children in the United States learn in concert with their culture. Instruction in Tibetan language and history, the Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and religion, and opportunities to practice the Tibetan language are required. The inability to preserve Tibetan culture is a real challenge…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Buddhism, Cultural Awareness
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Chan, Kara; McNeal, James U. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2004
The authors conducted a survey of 1,758 elementary school children (6-14 years old) from December 2001, to March 2002, in 3 Chinese cities with different levels of television advertising. The authors used D. R. John's (1999) model of consumer socialization as the theoretical framework for their study. More than half of the children whom the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Surveys, Television Commercials
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