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Hughes, Claire; Devine, Rory T.; Wang, Zhenlin – Child Development, 2018
This study of 241 parent-child dyads from the United Kingdom (N = 120, M[subscript age] = 3.92, SD = 0.53) and Hong Kong (N = 121, M[subscript age] = 3.99, SD = 0.50) breaks new ground by adopting a cross-cultural approach to investigate children's theory of mind and parental mind-mindedness. Relative to the Hong Kong sample, U.K. children showed…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Parents, Preschool Children, Parent Child Relationship
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Lecce, Serena; Hughes, Claire – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2010
Cross-cultural research on theory of mind is relatively recent and largely restricted to comparisons of children from Western versus non-Western samples; much less is known about variation within Western cultures. This study compared 5- to 6-year-olds from Britain and Italy (matched for age, verbal age, gender, and maternal education; N=140), on…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Cognitive Development
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Bramhall, Michael D.; Gray, Linda; Corker, Chris; Garnett, Kenisha; Hill, Richard – Industry and Higher Education, 2012
UK educators often express concerns that students from some cultural backgrounds frequently seem unwilling or are unable to apply critical thinking skills within their academic programmes. This may be due not to a lack of ability or confidence but rather to the way they have been previously taught and assessed. Often, the design of UK courses…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Evidence, Student Attitudes, Engineering