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Li, Chieh; Shallcross, Doris J. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1992
This study compared responses of 20 Chinese and 20 U.S. students to the 9-dot problem, a problem demonstrating the common assumption of nonexistent boundaries. There were significant effects of culture (significantly more Chinese students solved the problem), age, and interaction between culture and age and between culture and sex. (DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Cultural Differences
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Davidson, Denise; Thill, Azure Dee Welborn; Lash, Denise – Child Study Journal, 2002
This study examined the adult body shape preferences of 6- and 10-year-olds from the United States, Mainland China, and Turkey. Findings indicated that even the youngest children preferred thin, male and female figures and least preferred the very obese figures. Heavier female figures were chosen by Turkish children more than by other children.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Body Composition, Body Weight, Childhood Attitudes
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He, Ming Fang; Phillion, JoAnn – Race, Gender & Class, 2001
Explores issues of race, gender, and class, focusing on three Chinese women teachers' in-between cultural experiences in Canada and China and one black teacher's experiences in a Canadian multicultural school. In both cases, understandings of race, gender, and class and the effect on identity grew out of participants' personal and professional…
Descriptors: Black Teachers, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Faculty), Elementary Secondary Education
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Hashim, Ismail Hussein – School Psychology International, 2003
Tests the universal nature of stress and coping behavior among overseas college students in China and provides basic information towards understanding the problems that result from stress and coping which can best be defined in cultural terms. Results indicated that academic and interpersonal sources of stress were the most common Stressors…
Descriptors: College Students, Coping, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
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Mujie, Ou – Early Child Development and Care, 1990
A study of 1,848 Chinese children from birth through 6 years of age found that the ability of Chinese children in counting, counting backward, repeating digits, repeating reversed digits, and comparable activities was stronger than was indicated by the Stanford-Binet Scale and other data. (CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Arithmetic, Computation, Cultural Influences
Seng, Alice Seok Hoon; Tan, Lee Choo – 2002
This study reports on cultural and gender differences in the spatial abilities of children based on the Water Level Task. The Piagetian theory of age-related developmental differences in performance on the Water Level Task was explored with Chinese and Malay children living in Singapore. Results indicate that children in this study did not perform…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Gordon, Howard R. D.; Wyant, Laura J. – 1994
The purpose of this study was to describe the cognitive styles of both international and domestic graduate students attending Marshall University (West Virginia). A total of 41 American and international graduate students were administered the Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT), and 20 of the international students were interviewed. The study…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Style, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
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Harvey, C. Brian; Ollila, Lloyd; Baxter, Kristin; Guo, Song Zheng – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1997
This study examined Canadian and Chinese first, fourth, and seventh graders to determine sex-related, culture-related, and age-related differences in writing topics. Children were asked to pretend they were animals and write stories about the animals' adventures. Both countries showed gender and age differences in choice of animals which reflected…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Hu, Jun-Chen – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1990
Described and analyzed hobbies of over 500 individuals in the People's Republic of China. Results indicated there were significant differences between the hobbies of retired and younger people; reading was the hobby most preferred; and gender, age, education, and previous occupation were factors that most influenced the retired person's choice of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Educational Attainment, Employment Level, Foreign Countries
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Wang, Qi; Leichtman, Michelle D. – Child Development, 2000
Examined social, emotional, and cognitive characteristics of American and Chinese 6-year-olds' narratives. Found that, compared to American children, Chinese children showed greater orientation toward social engagement, greater concern with moral correctness, greater concern with authority, a less autonomous orientation, more expressions of…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
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Dai, David Yun – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 2001
Two studies examined gender differences in academic self-concept, self-esteem, and academic motivation among 208 high-ability and average-ability Chinese adolescents. Both studies found girls tend to have higher verbal self-concepts and boys tend to have higher math self-concepts. High-ability girls had higher general academic self-concept than…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Chinese, Cultural Differences
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Salili, Farideh – Educational Psychology, 1996
Investigates age, sex, and cultural differences in achievement motivation. Subjects were 764 male and female British high school and Chinese students aged 13-55. Results revealed that Chinese students tested highest for achievement motivation. Discusses the entire range of results in terms of sociocultural and situational factors. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
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Hannum, Emily – Comparative Education Review, 1999
Examines trends in urban and rural China, 1949-90, for elementary- and secondary-school enrollments, number of teachers, and educational attainment of males and females. Demonstrates that shifts in the political context of educational policy between a socialist egalitarian agenda and a liberal competitive model have carried real consequences for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Attainment, Educational Policy, Educational Trends
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Laufer, Batia; Yano, Yasukata – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2001
Investigates how accurately learners can assess their understanding of words and whether this accuracy is influenced by the learners' culture, gender, and lexical knowledge. Subjects were university students of English in China, Israel, and Japan. A mismatch between the objective and perceived understanding of a reading task was related to the…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Differences, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Huang, Gary – 1990
If personal networks of only children differ from those of children with siblings, then study of the different patterns of personal association is especially relevant to the understanding of social change in China, where the population of children without siblings is rapidly increasing. A study of these differential social networks used data…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment
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