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Choi, Yoonsun; He, Michael; Harachi, Tracy W. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2008
Intergenerational cultural dissonance (ICD)--a clash between parents and children over cultural values--is a frequent issue for Asian American youth. Using longitudinal data from the Cross Cultural Families Project, this study examines the mechanisms by which ICD contributes to problem behaviors, including whether ICD predicts parent-child…
Descriptors: Youth Problems, Cambodians, Conflict, Parent Child Relationship
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Clarkson, Philip C. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2007
Bilingual students have, at times, been thought to be at a disadvantage in learning mathematics because of an assumed interference between their two languages. Earlier research, confirmed again in this study, shows that this is a naive view to take. Although some bilingual students do have a harder time, others seem to be at an advantage. This…
Descriptors: Vietnamese People, Metalinguistics, Bilingualism, Bilingual Students
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Almgren, Gunnar; Magarati, Maya; Mogford, Liz – Journal of Adolescence, 2009
We investigate the factors that influence adolescent self-assessed health, based upon surveys conducted between 2000 and 2004 of high-school seniors in Washington State (N = 6853). A large proportion of the sample (30%) was first and second generation immigrants from Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. Findings include a robust negative…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Race, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
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Nguyen, Huong Tran – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2008
This article argues that Vietnamese Americans face unique challenges in becoming U.S. educators. To understand the experiences of five preservice Vietnamese American teachers, it examines the similarities and within-group differences in perspectives on teaching and in adaptation strategies of their practicum activities at a California university.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Role, Asian Americans, Vietnamese People
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Gorsuch, Greta; Taguchi, Etsuo – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2008
Reading in a foreign or second language is often a laborious process, often caused by underdeveloped word recognition skills, among other things, of second and foreign language readers. Developing fluency in L2/FL reading has become an important pedagogical issue in L2 settings and one major component of reading fluency is fast and accurate word…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency
Rong, Xue Lan, Ed.; Endo, Russell, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
Asian American Education--Asian American Identities, Racial Issues, and Languages presents groundbreaking research that critically challenges the invisibility, stereotyping, and common misunderstandings of Asian Americans by disrupting "customary" discourse and disputing "familiar" knowledge. The chapters in this anthology…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Asian American Students, Grade 10, Mathematics Achievement
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Jazzar, Michael; Hamm, Carl – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2007
Following an illustrious introduction to the Montagnards and their plight and flight to the United States, this study explores the education, assimilation, and future development of Montagnard students into American schools. A guide for school leaders is presented within this study to assist the Montagnard students in overcoming obstacles and…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Vietnamese People, Ethnic Groups, Academic Achievement
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Ha, Phan Le – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2007
The identity formation of Australian-trained Vietnamese teachers of English is explored by looking at their experiences as TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages) students in Australia and as teachers of English in Vietnam. On the one hand, the paper consolidates the understanding of identity in relation to difference and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Le, Thao N. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2008
Wisdom is considered one ideal endpoint of human development across cultures. Studies have provided evidence for certain facilitating conditions such as challenging and stressful life events because they increase differentiation through accommodative changes, resulting in greater tolerance for uncertainty, and less projection tendencies and…
Descriptors: Social Values, Cultural Influences, Adults, Whites
Huong, Phan Thi Thu – Online Submission, 2008
Vietnamese has to face a cross-culture issue with the teaching and learning of English as Vietnamese culture is "villagers' culture" which considers relationships in village as family relations and an emphasis "on hierarchical, social order in their dealings with one another" (Ellis, 1995: 9) with a traditional teaching method…
Descriptors: Grammar Translation Method, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Social Bias
Matsuoka, Rieko – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2008
The main purposes of this study are: (a) to identify the constructs that may generate communication apprehension and to investigate how they influence communication apprehension and reduce the level of willingness to communicate; and (b) to explore the basic mentality underlying these constructs. The data were obtained from semi-structured…
Descriptors: College Students, Interviews, Anxiety, Females
Rieu, Le Tai – 1978
This paper discusses superstitious, folk, traditional, and modern medical practices of Vietnam. Concepts of illness, somatization, behavior labeling, diagnostic attempts, and attitudes toward treatment among Vietnamese are also reviewed. (APM)
Descriptors: Health, Medical Services, Medicine, Vietnamese People
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Taylor, Sandra C. – History Teacher, 1981
Describes reading material which can be used to teach about the Vietnam War at the college level. (RM)
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Higher Education, Vietnamese People
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Wilcox, Sara; Sharkey, Joseph R.; Mathews, Anna E.; Laditka, James N.; Laditka, Sarah B.; Logsdon, Rebecca G.; Sahyoun, Nadine; Robare, Joseph F.; Liu, Rui – Gerontologist, 2009
Purpose: To examine older adults' perceptions of the link between physical activity (PA) and nutrition to the maintenance of cognitive health. Design and Methods: Forty-two focus groups (FGs) were conducted with 396 ethnically diverse (White, African American, American Indian, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Hispanic) community-dwelling older adults. FGs…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, American Indians, Dementia, Focus Groups
Overland, Martha Ann – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2006
Vietnam, with its cheap labor and lax copyright laws, is a counterfeiter's dream. Books are sold hot off the photocopier and Hollywood's latest blockbusters can be had on DVD's for about a dollar. But it is in art forgery that Vietnam excels. With a stable of neoclassically trained art students, who spend years learning to copy the masters, art…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vietnamese People, Art Education, Art Products
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