Examination Hell: Japanese Education's Most Serious Problem.

Ogura, Yoriko

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Publication Date: 1987

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Examination Hell: Japanese Education's Most Serious Problem.

Ogura, Yoriko

College Board Review, n144 p8-11,26-30 Sum 1987

For students in Japan, job opportunities and future success are closely correlated with the status of the universities they attend. Preparation for entrance examinations begins in elementary school, and the student's school career is spent in an atmosphere of intense preparation and competition. MLW)

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, College Admission, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Competition, Coping, Higher Education, Social Influences, Stress Variables, Student Behavior, Test Wiseness

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Japan

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