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Kormi-Nouri, Reza; MacDonald, Shane; Farahani, Mohammad-Naghy; Trost, Kari; Shokri, Omid – International Journal of Higher Education, 2015
The present study investigates academic stress in two different cultures, the Iranian as a collectivist culture, and the Swedish as an individualist culture. A total of 616 university students (312 Iranian and 304 Swedish) participated in the study. The results show that Swedish students experience more academic stress than Iranian students.…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Collectivism, Individualism, Stress Variables
Utomo, Iwu Dwisetyani; McDonald, Peter; Reimondos, Anna; Utomo, Ariane; Hull, Terence H. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2014
In Indonesian primary schools, sex education is implicitly integrated into various related subjects, such as science, biology, social studies and religion. The technical facts of ovulation and sperm are mentioned in biology, although little or no connection is made between this process and sexual intercourse. By the end of primary school,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Pregnancy, Comparative Analysis
Zhou, Ji; Shen, Jiliang; Wang, Xinghua; Neber, Heinz; Johji, Ikuma – Creativity Research Journal, 2013
The purpose of this study was to understand teachers' conceptualizations of creativity and its difference among 3 countries. The conceptualization of creativity denotes the concept and exhibition of creativity, the traits of creative students, and the fostering and hindering factors for creativity in school settings. A questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Teacher Attitudes, Creativity, Questionnaires
De Castella, Krista; Byrne, Don; Covington, Martin – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
A classic distinction in the literature on achievement and motivation is between fear of failure and success orientations. From the perspective of self-worth theory, these motives are not bipolar constructs but dimensions that interact in ways that make some students particularly vulnerable to underachievement and disengagement from school. The…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Fear, High School Students, Foreign Countries
Baysu, Gulseli; Phalet, Karen; Brown, Rupert – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2011
Some members of ethnic minority groups respond to identity threat in ways that are detrimental to their school career, while others persist despite an unwelcoming school environment. It was hypothesized that ethnic and national identities, as combined in "separated," "assimilated," or "dual identity" strategies,…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Educational Environment, Minority Groups, Cultural Differences
Epistemological Beliefs' Contributions to Study Strategies of Asian Americans and European Americans
Schommer-Aikins, Marlene; Easter, Marilyn – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008
Given the increasingly culturally diverse composition of students in American classrooms, understanding the nature of cultural differences is necessary to generate effective instructional interventions. This study examines the individual differences in epistemological beliefs, ways of knowing, study strategies, and academic performance among…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Cultural Differences, Asian Americans, White Students

Barclay, James R.; Wu, Wu-Tien – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1980
Taiwanese and American classrooms (grades 3-6) were examined, using a multimethod, multisource inventory. Multivariate procedures analyzed differences within Taiwanese culture, and between Taiwanese and American cultures, by sex, grade level, socioeconomic status, and achievement. The effects of achievement and intelligence were also studied in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Chinese Culture, Classroom Environment
Portes, Alejandro; Gran, Desiree E. – 1991
This report examines the significance of the ethnic composition of Dade County (Florida) high schools for the academic achievement and dropout rate of its students. The following statistical data were analyzed using multivariate analysis for all 76,830 students enrolled in grades 9-12 in 1989: (1) age; (2) sex; (3) grade; (4) ethnicity; (5)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Black Students, Cultural Differences