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Direct linkJi, Li-Jun – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
Stankov (2010) has offered an original and provoking theory to account for higher achievement, anxiety, and self-doubt among Asians. Unfortunately, several empirical and conceptual gaps must be closed before the author can make a convincing argument on the relationship between "unforgiving" Confucian culture and high achievement/test…
Descriptors: High Achievement, Politics of Education, Test Anxiety, Asian Culture
Stankov, Lazar – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
This paper reviews findings from several studies that contribute to our understanding of cross-cultural differences in academic achievement, anxiety and self-doubt. The focus is on comparisons between Confucian Asian and European regions. Recent studies indicate that high academic achievement of students from Confucian Asian countries is…
Descriptors: Asians, High Achievement, Academic Achievement, Primary Sources
Chiu, Ming Ming; Klassen, Robert M. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2009
Self-concept is linked to student achievement in many domains. In this study, we examined reading self-concept's (RSC) and RSC calibration accuracy's links to reading achievement across different contexts via multi-level analyses of 34 countries' 158,848 fifteen-year-olds' reading tests and questionnaire responses. Students with higher RSC, higher…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, Cultural Differences, Self Concept
