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Download full textChen, Li-Tsu – 1998
Researchers have found a strong relationship between children's graphic imagery and the visual sources surrounding them. Children's imagination is not simply a personal, subjective mind state, but is strongly attached to visual and cultural traditions. Based on this concept, a study explored how children's imagination is related to their…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, Fantasy
Peer reviewedReys, Robert E.; Yang, Der-Ching – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1998
Provides information on the number sense of Taiwanese students in grades six and eight. Indicates that student performance on questions requiring written computation was significantly better than on similar questions relying on number sense. Supports the need to look beyond correct answers when computational test results are reported. Contains 29…
Descriptors: Computation, Cross Cultural Studies, Estimation (Mathematics), Foreign Countries
Lin, Min-Jin H. – 1997
A study investigated how different combinations of background color, text brightness and text color in Chinese CAI (computer assisted instruction) software programs may influence the affection, perception, and cognition of elementary school students in Taiwan. A sample size of 332 was drawn from the sixth-grade students of 2 elementary schools.…
Descriptors: Chinese, Color, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
Peer reviewedLin, Huey-Ya; Davidman, Patricia; Petersen, George; Thomas, R. Murray – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de l'Education, 1998
Surveys teachers in Taiwan and the United States to judge among 20 moral issues as appropriate subjects of study in grade six of primary school and in freshman year of college. Finds a great diversity of responses within each group. Identifies some differences between the respondents in the two countries. Contains 51 references. (VWC)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Education, Ethical Instruction, Foreign Countries
Tyan, Nay-ching Nancy; Hu, Yi-chain – 1997
A study was conducted to determine if audience-tailored videotapes and the format of follow-up discussions can change audience attitudes. Sixth-grade students in Taiwan were given a survey on their attitudes toward elderly people. Scripts for videotapes were written based on the data obtained from the survey. Children found to have a negative…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Attitude Change, Audience Response
Peer reviewedClifford, Margaret M.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1990
Academic risk taking--the selection of schoollike tasks ranging in difficulty and probability of success--was examined for 602 students in grades 4, 6, and 8 in Taiwan. Results of a self-report measure of tolerance for failure and a risk-taking task are discussed concerning self-enhancement versus self-assessment goals, metacognitive skills, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Processes
