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Direct linkPerin, Dolores, Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2019
This handbook presents a wide range of research on adults who have low literacy skills. It looks at the cognitive, affective, and motivational factors underlying adult literacy; adult literacy in different countries; and the educational approaches being taken to help improve adults' literacy skills. It includes not only adults enrolled in adult…
Descriptors: Guides, Adult Literacy, Reading Difficulties, Literacy Education
Peer reviewedCameron, Paul; And Others – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1977
In seven studies, 7300 U.S., 891 Iranian, 534 Indian, and 216 Ghanaese persons aged four to 99 were interviewed regarding their consciousness. There were cross-national differences. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Cross Cultural Studies, Individual Development
Download full textRobbins, Michael C.; And Others – 1973
This study asks two questions: Is there intracultural variation among the Baganda of Uganda in the cognition of color terms; and if there is, what are the sociocultural correlates of this variation? The color terminology of the Baganda is described, and several psycholinguistic techniques are used to determine the cognition of these terms. These…
Descriptors: Bantu Languages, Cognitive Processes, Color, Cross Cultural Studies
Peer reviewedNelson, T. M. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1978
A study of similarities and differences between cultures based on analyses of the contents of children's dreams. The objective system developed by Rychlak is used to compare groups of children from different cultures. Data suggest that dream themes in literary sagas are characteristic of dream recall of secular societies. (AMH)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Harrington, Charles – 1974
The goal of this report is said to be to review current approaches in psychological anthropology in such a way as to demonstrate what are perceived to be their relevance and importance to an adequate anthropology of education. Part One examines the trends seen emerging in the study of perception and cognition which those interested in education…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Culture Fair Tests
Bain, Margaret S. – 1992
The research reported here seeks to explain communication failure between Whites and Aboriginals in Australia, based on an examination of fundamental concepts underlying the world view of each group. The research arose from the observation that in Aboriginal-White encounters, each group had different expectations of and conclusions about the same…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Anthropology, Australian Aboriginal Languages, Beliefs
Ekstrand, L. H. – 1977
Research pertinent to the adaptation of immigrant children is reviewed in a cross-cultural perspective. The report focuses on research that has yielded empirical data, although a number of other papers of basic importance have been included in the review. The first chapter discusses definitions and implications of various types of cross-cultural…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Bilingualism, Child Development
