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Peer reviewedMori, Ichio; And Others – Science Education, 1980
Compares elementary school science curricula in Japan, Thailand, the Republic of Korea and the Philippines. Tables summarize data for some of these countries concerning general characteristics of the curricular design, general objectives of elementary and secondary science curricula, teaching units covered, and hierarchy of process skills. (CS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, International Education, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedRaven, Ronald J.; Thongprasert, Kingfa – Science Education, 1977
Presents a comparison of Thai and American fifth and eighth
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Elementary School Science
Peer reviewedMori, Ichio; And Others – Science Education, 1974
Presents data to support the idea that a child's spatio-temporal recognition does not always depend on the development of logical thinking. The culture in which a child lives also conditions the way he looks at the world. (Author/GS)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Distance, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedMori, Ichio; And Others – Science Education, 1976
Japanese and Thai kindergarten children were shown the same visual displays of moving objects and asked to compare the speed of those moving objects. The results significantly indicated that Thai children's concept of speed is further advanced than that of Japanese children. (MLH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Educational Research, Elementary Education
