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Download full textLeung, Jupian J. – 1991
A study examined the effects of students' ethnicity on measures of the meaning of success in school and a preference for school feedback. A questionnaire was distributed to 333 white American students in eastern Wisconsin and 375 Hong Kong Chinese 8th- through 12-graders. Results showed a significantly higher proportion of American than Chinese…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Chinese Culture, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Leung, Jupian J.; And Others – 1993
The study described in this paper involved 333 American students in Wisconsin and 375 Chinese students in Hong Kong in grades 8, 10, and 12. The study focused on 3 areas: (1) gender differences in perception of causal attributions of success or failure in school; (2) the relationship of gender to achievement goal orientation; and (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Attribution Theory, Catholic Schools
Leung, Jupian J.; And Others – 1993
This study examined the relationship of ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status (SES), age, and self-perceived academic achievement to students' academic motivational orientations. Groups of 333 American students in Wisconsin and 375 Chinese students in Hong Kong in grades 8, 10, and 12 completed questionnaires that gathered demographic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Age Differences, Attribution Theory
