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Download full textBellack, Daniel R.; And Others – 1992
This study compared Chinese graduate students in the People's Republic of China (PRC) to Chinese graduate students in the United States (U.S.) in their analogical reasoning skills. Analogical reasoning was used because it requires multidimensional cognitive abilities. Subjects were 40 male and female Chinese graduate students who had graduated…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Analogy, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Chen, Jianping – 2000
One of the major issues in intercultural discourse studies is the variation of discourse patterns across cultures. It has been reported that there appears to be a Western preference for a deductive pattern and a Chinese preference for an inductive pattern in discourse. However, it has also been pointed out that there is nothing inherently Chinese…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Chinese, Cohesion (Written Composition), College Students
