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Why Attend School? Chinese Immigrant and European American Preschoolers' Views and Outcomes
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Li, Jin; Yamamoto, Yoko; Luo, Lily; Batchelor, Andrea K.; Bresnahan, Richard M. – Developmental Psychology, 2010
The developing views of the purposes of school learning (PSLs) and related achievement among immigrant Chinese preschoolers and their European American (EA) age-mates were examined. Both culture and socioeconomic status (SES) were considered simultaneously, an often neglected research approach to studying Asian children. One hundred and fifty…
Descriptors: Verbal Ability, Immigrants, Chinese Americans, Whites
Schooling, Peer Relations, and Family Life of Russian Adolescents
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Holloway, Susan D.; Mirny, Anna I.; Bempechat, Janine; Li, Jin – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2008
In the Russian Federation, a growing emphasis on individualism and a profusion of educational options create challenges and opportunities for adolescents making the transition to secondary school. To investigate Russian students' perspectives during this important developmental period, we conducted two open-ended interviews with 32 ninth graders…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Family Life, Parent Participation, Adolescents
A Cultural Model of Learning: Chinese "Heart and Mind for Wanting T Learn."
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Li, Jin – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2002
Examined the Chinese model of learning using the Chinese term, "hao-xue-xin" (heart and mind for wanting to learn.) College students described ideal learners. They considered learning a process of moral striving (self-perfection) that stressed seeking knowledge and cultivating passion for lifelong learning, fostering diligence, enduring…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries
Learning as a Task or a Virtue: U.S. and Chinese Preschoolers Explain Learning
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Li, Jin – Developmental Psychology, 2004
The purpose of this study was to examine cultural influences on conceptual orientations of learning in U.S. and Chinese preschoolers. A sample of 188 preschoolers 4-6 years of age provided free-narrative responses to 2 story beginnings about the learning behavior of 2 protagonists, 1 who worked hard and 1 who gave up. Results showed that despite…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries
Learning Models in Different Cultures.
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Li, Jin – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2002
Used prototype methods of cognitive science to collect free associations of learning-related words and phrases from Chinese and American college seniors. Found that both cultures had a large set of conceptions about learning but that there was little overlap between the models of learning. Most striking was the near absence of references to hard…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Perceptions of Achievement and Achieving Peers in U.S. and Chinese Kindergartners
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Li, Jin; Wang, Qi – Social Development, 2004
Two studies were conducted to examine perceptions about achievement and achieving peers in 190 U.S. and Chinese kindergartners. Children provided free-narrative responses to story beginnings about an achieving protagonist in school settings. We found marked cultural differences. For achievement, U.S. children perceived more intellectual…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Cultural Differences, Intellectual Development, Academic Achievement