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Re-Examining Factor Structure of the Attitudinal Items from TIMSS 2003 in Cross-Cultural Study of Mathematics Self-Concept
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Liu, Shujie; Meng, Lingqi – Educational Psychology, 2010
The aims of this study were to examine the factor structure of the attitudinal questionnaire items from Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003 and to investigate low- and high-performing students' mathematics self-concept in East Asian societies and in the USA. The participants were 24,119 eighth-graders, 4856 from…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Self Concept Measures, Questionnaires, Self Concept
Social Influence Strategies among Japanese and American College Women.
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Dunn, Kerri F.; Cowan, Gloria – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1993
Compares social influence strategies of 40 Japanese and 41 U.S. college women for various targets. Free responses indicate that Japanese women use strong and neutral strategies more frequently and weak strategies less frequently than U.S. women. U.S. women use manipulation more frequently and reasoning less frequently than Japanese women. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Cross Cultural Studies, Females, Foreign Countries
The Teaching and Learning of History for 15-16 Year Olds: Have the Japanese Anything to Learn from the English Experience?
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Larsson, Yvonne; Matthews, Richard; Booth, Martin – Teaching History, 2004
What would you expect the differences to be between Japan and England in how pupils learn history in the post-14 phase? Perhaps your guess would be: Japanese school students learn a lot of historical facts and focus upon their own identity and English school students talk a lot more in lessons and are more concerned with justifying opinions using…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, History Instruction, Behavioral Objectives