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Peer reviewedCarlsson, Maj Asplund; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Used a children's story and interviews to compare how six-year-olds in three cultures conceptualize learning in their preschool environments. Found that Swedish and Japanese children who did not recall a coherent narrative relied on their own understanding of point of story rather than on words of story, whereas Chinese children looked for key to…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, Cross Cultural Studies
