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Direct linkvan Schaik, Saskia D. M.; Oudgenoeg-Paz, Ora; Atun-Einy, Osnat – Developmental Psychology, 2018
The present study explored cultural differences in parental beliefs about motor development across 2 Western cultures: Israel and the Netherlands. Can 2 cultural models be distinguished regarding infant motor development in Israel and the Netherlands or are parental beliefs about motor development similar across these cultures? Using a…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cross Cultural Studies, Infants, Child Development
Young, I. Phillip; Young, Karen Holsey; Oto, Todd – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2011
Credentials of hypothetical standing principal candidates are assessed in a 3X2 completely crossed factorial design varying diversity of applicants (Hispanic, Latino, or White) and diversity of students (low vs. high Hispanic enrollments). Screening decisions of superintendents are assessed according to job-related criteria, probability of an…
Descriptors: Credentials, Probability, Superintendents, Student Characteristics
Ghanizadeh, Ahmad; Jafari, Peyman – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2010
Objective: The objective was to study the cultural structure of Farsi-speaking parents' ratings with diagnostic definitions of ADHD. Method: The children with ADHD and their parents were interviewed. The parents rated their children on the Farsi-speaking parents' ADHD rating questionnaire. Results: The principal components analysis extracted the…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Factor Analysis, Indo European Languages
Ungar, Michael; Liebenberg, Linda – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2011
An international team of investigators in 11 countries have worked collaboratively to develop a culturally and contextually relevant measure of youth resilience, the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-28). The team used a mixed methods design that facilitated understanding of both common and unique aspects of resilience across cultures.…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Resilience (Psychology), Cultural Differences, Cross Cultural Studies
Download full textFayed, Gamal A. – Journal of Research in Education, 2011
Schools and classrooms require an active effort to create and welcome the diverse cultures of their students and families. Many students may question others as peers who come from other cultures and speak other language, wear different clothes, and different customs. The teachers of special education can help student overcome these attitudes by…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies
Hitchcock, John H.; Sarkar, Sreeroopa; Nastasi, Bonnie; Burkholder, Gary; Varjas, Kristen; Jayasena, Asoka – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2006
Despite on-going calls for developing cultural competency among mental health practitioners, few assessment instruments consider cultural variation in psychological constructs. To meet the challenge of developing measures for minority and international students, it is necessary to account for the influence culture may have on the latent constructs…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Construct Validity, Cultural Differences, Factor Analysis
Pell, A. W.; Manganye, H. T. – Evaluation and Research in Education, 2007
Attitudes to science scales developed in England have been used in a rural region of South Africa with children aged 10 and 11 years in a two-stage data collection investigation. Cultural constraints on the use of "foreign" scales are explored. Factor analyses reveal differences between the South African and English children. A South…
Descriptors: African Languages, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Science Teachers
Bordia, Sarbari; Wales, Lynn; Gallois, Cindy; Pittam, Jeffery – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2008
Affective variables can help understand differences in student performance. This paper presents student expectations as an affective variable that has so far received little research attention. Students have expectations from educational providers, the fulfilment of which can create a positive learning environment leading to better performance.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Social Values
