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Clements, M. A.; Jones, Peter L. – 1981
This is the story of how one man, Atawe, born in the remote village of Wiyava in the Eastern Highlands of (Papua) New Guinea in the mid-1950's has increasingly immersed himself in a lifestyle which, even just a few years before he was born, was completely unknown to his people. His story is traced as he progressed from a village where the language…
Descriptors: Biographies, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Educational Research
Clements, M. A.; Lean, Glen A. – 1981
Cognitive and non-cognitive influences on the mathematical learning of children attending four community schools in different provinces of Papua New Guinea and an international primary school in Lae were investigated. Altogether, 446 pupils, most in grades 2, 4, or 6, were given pencil-and-paper group tests; 253 pupils were also given individual…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Educational Research
