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Zhang, Xiaoping; Sigel, Irving E. – 1994
This cross-cultural study evaluated the effects of nontraditional versus traditional educational approaches in kindergarten on children's preparation for first grade and their readiness to learn. Fifty children in a developmental kindergarten in Pennsylvania, and 50 children in a traditional academic kindergarten in Sichuan province, People's…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Cultural Traits
Peer reviewedGlover, Mary Kenner – Childhood Education, 1990
Presents an account of the project approach used by American first graders to study Japan. (BB)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary School Students
Download full textSherman, Carey Wexler; Mueller, Daniel P. – 1996
There is abundant theoretical support for the value of Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) at the elementary school level, but there has been relatively little research to document its effects. This paper explores the relationship between DAP and student achievement among low-income students in St. Paul, Minnesota, using research from an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Differences, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Disadvantaged Youth
