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Do You See What I See? School Perspectives of Deaf Children, Hearing Children and Their Parents
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Marschark, Marc; Bull, Rebecca; Sapere, Patricia; Nordmann, Emily; Skene, Wendy; Lukomski, Jennifer; Lumsden, Sarah – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2012
Perspectives on academic and social aspects of children's school experiences were obtained from deaf and hearing children and their (deaf or hearing) parents. Possible differences between (1) the views of children and their parents and (2) those of hearing children and their parents compared to deaf children and their parents were of particular…
Descriptors: Friendship, Deafness, Attitude Measures, Parent Attitudes
Gender Effects in Children's Beliefs about School Performance: A Cross-Cultural Study.
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Stetsenko, Anna; Little, Todd D.; Gordeeva, Tamara; Grasshof, Matthias; Oettingen, Gabriele – Child Development, 2000
Examined gender and cultural differences in over 3,000 children's ideas about what leads to academic success. Found close correspondence between children's achievement and competence-related beliefs, with the exception that young girls appeared to specifically discount their talent. The effect held regardless of children's achievement,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beliefs, Childhood Attitudes, Children
Regularities in the Development of Children's Causality Beliefs about School Performance across Six Sociocultural Contexts.
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Little, Todd D.; Lopez, David F. – Developmental Psychology, 1997
Examined whether children's causality beliefs about school performance show similar developmental profiles across six distinct sociocultural settings. Found markedly similar developmental patterns in their beliefs about the importance of effort, ability, luck, teachers, and unknown factors as influences on school performance. Found that factors…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Causal Models, Child Development, Childhood Attitudes
A Cross-Sectional Profile of Japanese Children's (Ages 8-13) Action-Control Beliefs.
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Karasawa, Mayumi; And Others – 1996
This cross-sectional study examined Japanese children's action-related beliefs about school performance and compared them with comparable data available from studies of German, Russian, and American cultures. A total of 817 Japanese children aged 8 to 13 years completed the Control, Agency, and Means-Ends Interview (CAMI), which assesses general…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Children
What Is a Bad Kid? Answers of Adolescents and Their Mothers in Three Cultures.
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Crystal, David S.; Stevenson, Harold W. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1995
Examined behaviors and personality traits attributed to a "bad kid" by adolescents and mothers of American, Chinese, and Japanese cultures. Five domains of behavior likely to yield cross-cultural differences were society, family, school, interpersonal harmony, and self-control. Adolescents and mothers differed significantly in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Attitudes
Japanese and American Children's Reasons for the Things They Do in School.
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Hamilton, V. Lee; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1989
The reasons 184 American and 399 Japanese fifth-graders gave for achievement and good conduct in school were compared. Responses of Japanese children may reflect stronger identification with adult authority. Japanese children gave fewer external reasons for actions than their American counterparts. Implications for the study of motivation are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Childhood Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies