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Direct linkHeiner Rindermann – Discover Education, 2024
Developing countries achieve surprisingly weak results in international cognitive competence studies. The results are about one to two standard deviations below the average norm-values obtained in Western countries. The results are so low that they are sometimes difficult to believe. For example, in the World Bank collection, Nigeria scored 262…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Cognitive Ability, Cultural Differences, Geographic Location
Sansano-Nadal, Oriol; Wilson, Jason J.; Martín-Borràs, Carme; Brønd, Jan Christian; Skjødt, Mathias; Caserotti, Paolo; Roqué I. Figuls, Marta; Blackburn, Nicole E.; Klenk, Jochen; Rothenbacher, Dietrich; Guerra-Balic, Myriam; Font-Farré, Manel; Denkinger, Michael; Coll-Planas, Laura; Deidda, Manuela; McIntosh, Emma; Giné-Garriga, Maria; Tully, Mark A. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2022
The main aim of this study was to assess the criterion validity of the Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ) to measure SB in community-dwelling older adults using thigh-measured accelerometry as the criterion method. 801 participants (75.6 ± 6.1 years old, 57.6% females) provided valid thigh-based accelerometer data (activPAL/Axivity) and…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Life Style, Older Adults, Foreign Countries
Download full textHamutoglu, Nazire Burcin; Gemikonakli, Orhan; De Raffaele, Clifford; Gezgin, Deniz Mertkan – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2020
Purpose: Due to the distinctive characteristics of developed countries differentiating them from the developing countries, it is expected that there may be differences between developed and developing countries' levels of digital literacies. Considering the cultural differences and approach to the gender problem, it is important to see how these…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Technological Literacy, Cultural Differences, College Students
Park, Sunun; Cho, Youngdal – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2021
The academic achievement gap between racial and ethnic majority and minority students in South Korea has received attention over the past decade, with one government-funded report and 10 peer-reviewed articles examining the performance of diverse student groups in the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Achievement. We conducted a qualitative…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Ethnic Groups, Racial Differences
Li, Jing; Hou, Wenwen; Zhu, Liqi; Tomasello, Michael – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2020
The current study aimed to investigate the cultural differences in the developmental origins of children's intent-based moral judgment and moral behavior in the context of indirect reciprocity. To this end, we compared how German and Chinese children interpret and react to antisocial and prosocial interactions between puppets. An actor puppet…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Decision Making, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries
Opfer, John E.; Kim, Dan; Fazio, Lisa K.; Zhou, Xinlin; Siegler, Robert S. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Chinese children routinely outperform American peers in standardized tests of mathematics knowledge. To examine mediators of this effect, 95 Chinese and US 5-year-olds completed a test of overall symbolic arithmetic, an IQ subtest, and three tests each of symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge (magnitude comparison, approximate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Cultural Differences, Arithmetic
Emma Degroote; Marie-Christine Brault; Mieke Van Houtte – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2024
Teachers play a crucial role in the diagnostic process of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in students: They are often the first to identify ADHD-related behaviors in children and to signal them to parents. Research has demonstrated that the recognition and labeling of certain behaviors as evidential for ADHD by teachers vary with…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Student Characteristics, Cognitive Ability, Teacher Attitudes
Oh, Hyerim; Sutherland, Margaret; Stack, Niamh; Badia Martín, Mar; Blumen, Sheyla; Nguyen, Quoc Anh-Thu; Wormald, Catherine; Maakrun, Julie; Ziegler, Albert – Roeper Review, 2019
This study explores how secondary school students perceive high-performing potential classmates. A total of 1,794 seventh- and 10th-grade students from five countries completed a questionnaire measuring their expectations of hypothetical male and female high-performing classmates in three categories: intellectual ability, positive social…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Grade 7, Grade 10, Secondary School Students
Rainey, Vanessa R.; Flores-Lamb, Valerie; Gjorgieva, Eva; Speed, Emily A. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2020
Language brokering has been correlated with positive cognitive advantages, particularly in the younger years of translation. However, heavy translating has also been correlated with greater levels of psychological maladjustment. Fortunately, a cultural emphasis on family may reduce the adverse effects of translating. The current study examined…
Descriptors: Correlation, Code Switching (Language), Translation, Second Language Learning
Wang, Zhi; Loh, Sau Cheong; Tian, Jing; Chen, Qian Jiang – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Objectives: To examine and analyse the intervention effects of the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) on children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Objectives: Methods: This meta-analysis evaluated the effect sizes in four major domains of measurement (autism symptoms, language, cognition, and social communication). A total of 624 participants…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Early Intervention, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities
Redshaw, Jonathan; Suddendorf, Thomas; Neldner, Karri; Wilks, Matti; Tomaselli, Keyan; Mushin, Ilana; Nielsen, Mark – Child Development, 2019
This study examined future-oriented behavior in children (3-6 years; N = 193) from three diverse societies--one industrialized Western city and two small, geographically isolated communities. Children had the opportunity to prepare for two alternative versions of an immediate future event over six trials. Some 3-year-olds from all cultures…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Toddlers, Young Children, Cultural Differences
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2020
This study is the first volume of Cedefop research on empowering adults through upskilling and reskilling pathways. It estimates the magnitude of the low-skilled adult population according to a broader conceptualisation which goes beyond educational attainment levels, and considers digital skills, literacy and numeracy, as well as skill loss and…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Job Skills, Adults, Foreign Countries
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2020
This report is the second volume of Cedefop research on empowering adults through upskilling and reskilling pathways. It presents the Cedefop analytical framework for developing upskilling pathways for low-skilled adults and illustrates its conceptual development. The analytical framework is aimed at supporting policymakers and stakeholders in…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Job Skills, Adults, Foreign Countries
Jinhyun Cho – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This article examines interpreters' dilemmas and choices in the case of home-based aged care assessments of elderly migrants in Australia. Based on one-on-one interviews with professional interpreters, it specifically explores tensions between power, norms and interpreters' own positionings on intercultural communication problems. Data analysis…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Translation
Hartman, Suzanne; Winsler, Adam; Manfra, Louis – Early Education and Development, 2017
Research Findings: Recent research and teacher reports have highlighted the importance of early behavior skills for children's school readiness and academic success in elementary school. Significant gaps in school readiness and achievement exist between children in poverty and those more affluent. Low-income children are also more likely to…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, School Readiness, Kindergarten, Low Income Groups
