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Takano, Yohtaro; Noda, Akiko – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1993
A divided-attention experiment with 24 college students who were native speakers of Japanese speaking English and 16 English-Japanese bilingual students speaking Japanese confirm the prediction that performance in a thinking task declines when a concurrent linguistic task in a foreign language is required. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, Attention, Cognitive Processes, College Students
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Nishida, Hiroko; Hammer, Mitchell R.; Wiseman, Richard L. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1998
Results of a study involving 340 Japanese and 272 U.S. college students and another study with 206 Japanese and 681 U.S. college students found that 21 scenarios did contain different Japanese and American behavioral rules. Results of the second study showed the multidimensionality of the behavioral rules and the difficulties of intercultural…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Cross Cultural Studies
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Adachi, Nobuko – Language Sciences, 2002
Contrasts differences in language use across the Japanese workplace, including women's speech. Examines what is referred to as "manifestations of power" among Japanese working women. Explores "resistance to subordination" among female university students who have not yet entered professional or domestic life. Comparison of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, Females, Foreign Countries
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Hatae, Tereza Iochico; Hatta, Takeshi – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
The effect of parafoveal noise information on a Hirakana target-recognition task was investigated in good and poor readers from first and second grades. A differential effect of parafoveal noise produced a longer or shorter variation in reaction time depending on kind of surrounding material. Filtering mechanism efficiency differences are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Orthographic Symbols, Primary Education
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Mukhopadhyay, Swapna – Hiroshima Journal of Mathematics Education, 1997
Examines the performance of children in different grades as they attempt to solve simple equations involving addition and subtraction of integer numbers. The extended task involves creating a story that matches the equations. (DDR)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning)
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Murayama, Isao – Human Development, 1994
Proposes causal field theory as a model of causal reasoning. Suggests that anomaly detection through comparison with natural events triggers causal reasoning. This anomaly is interpreted in terms of agency; therefore, natural phenomena can be understood through an appeal to agency. The mechanism proposed never changes with development, whereas…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Attribution Theory, Children, Cognitive Development
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Kobayashi, Yoshikazu – Human Development, 1994
Examines the role of social interaction as a facilitator of learning in general and conceptual change in particular. Three conditions are proposed as necessary for social interaction to facilitate knowledge construction--horizontal information, comparable domain knowledge, and availability of cognitive tools. Suggests that these conditions assure…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
Wakai, Kunio, Ed. – 1993
This annual report presents six research articles on child development. The articles and their authors are: (1) "Beyond Psychological Limits: Applying Human Development in Education" (John Kirkland); (2) "Beyond Reductionism: Directions toward Understanding Children" (Frank Self); (3) "A Psychometric Examination of the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Child Development, Child Psychology
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Reys, Robert E.; And Others – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1991
Computational strategies and estimating abilities of 466 Japanese students were tested and interviews with a subsample of that group were used to compare with a theoretical model based on a sample from the United States. Results of the comparison of computational and estimating abilities are presented. (CW)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
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Foorman, Barbara R.; And Others – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1989
Examines Japanese and American children's styles of processing computerized geometric matrices. Hypothesizes cultural differences for response latencies. Finds no difference in accuracy between the two groups but significant differences in response times for second- and fifth-graders. (MW)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Computer Graphics
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Matsuhita, Kayo – Human Development, 1994
Pragmatic and semantic problem solving are examined as processes that enhance acquisition of mathematical knowledge. It is suggested that development of mathematical cognition involves restructuring and that math teachers can help restructure children's knowledge systems by providing them with situations in which semantic and pragmatic problem…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
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Markus, Hazel Rose; Kitayama, Shinobu – Psychological Review, 1991
It is suggested that perceptions of the self, of others, and of the relationship between self and others are very powerful and that this influence is clearly reflected in culture. The independent view of the self, represented in Western culture, is contrasted with the interdependent view in many other cultures. (SLD)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anthropology, Cognitive Processes, Cross Cultural Studies
Ano, Kouichi – Journal of Japan-Korea Association of Applied Linguistics, 1998
Examines the role of output, especially of speaking, in a foreign-language-learning environment. While speaking English, Japanese high school students' performances were videotaped, and they were asked to reflect on their cognitive processes. Students' think-aloud protocols were then classified according to their cognitive processes. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Rolandelli, David R.; And Others – 1988
Visual processing of televised information was compared among 85 Japanese and 111 American boys and girls at the kindergarten and 4th-grade levels. The literatures on cognition and learning indicate that language and child rearing factors are more conducive to the development of iconic processing skills in Japanese children than in American…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
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Suzuki, Hiroaki – Human Development, 1994
Proposes analogy as the central mechanism of knowledge acquisition in formal domains. Discusses experimental data on preschoolers' knowledge of one-to-one correspondence and college students' understanding of force decomposition. Suggests that a knowledge base domain is a thematically organized knowledge structure and that thematic relations in a…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Force
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