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Fifteen-Years-Old Students of Seven East Asian Cities in PISA 2009: A Secondary Analysis
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Soh, Kay Cheng – New Horizons in Education, 2012
Background: In PISA 2009, seven East Asian countries rank high among the 65 participating countries, but some of the differences among the seven countries are small to be of substantive meaning. Aims: This paper is an attempt to fine tune the comparisons for better understanding of the situation in East Asian. Sample: Data of the seven East Asian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Effect Size, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement
A Comparative Study of Logical Thinking Skills: West German Data.
Williams, Richard L. – 1989
The Group Assessment of Logical Thinking (GALT) instrument has been widely used to gather cross-cultural data regarding the acquisition of logical thinking skills in adolescent children. This study of West German adolescents using the instrument adds further comparative data regarding the development of logical thinking skills. Additional data…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Foreign Countries
The Teaching and Learning of History for 15-16 Year Olds: Have the Japanese Anything to Learn from the English Experience?
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Larsson, Yvonne; Matthews, Richard; Booth, Martin – Teaching History, 2004
What would you expect the differences to be between Japan and England in how pupils learn history in the post-14 phase? Perhaps your guess would be: Japanese school students learn a lot of historical facts and focus upon their own identity and English school students talk a lot more in lessons and are more concerned with justifying opinions using…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, History Instruction, Behavioral Objectives