NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Chiang, Yi-Lin – Princeton University Press, 2022
"Study Gods" offers a rare look at the ways privileged youth in China prepare themselves to join the ranks of the global elite. Yi-Lin Chiang shows how these competitive Chinese high schoolers first become "study gods" ("xueshen"), a term describing academically high-performing students. Constant studying, however, is…
Descriptors: Competition, Global Approach, Advantaged, High Achievement
Raaheim, Kjell; Wankowski, Janek – 1981
Perspectives on university-level studies and factors that affect student performance are considered, based on experiences and research conducted at the University of Bergen, Norway, and the University of Birmingham, England. Topics include the following: student goals; the use of lectures for larger groups; the importance of early feedback;…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Tests, Articulation (Education)