Discusses some social and cultural origins of health needs among Chinese-Americans and describes the role of community participation in health programing for the Chinatown of Boston, Massachusetts. (Author/JM)

A survey of the Chinese population at the City College of New York elicited responses from approximately equal numbers of Asian born and American born Chinese students. (Authors/MB)

The bicultural and bilingual family patterns and language acquisition patterns of 24 upper middle class children of foreign-born Chinese parents are outlined. Findings suggest two bilingual development patterns, one for children born in Canada or immigrating before school age, and the other for those immigrating during school years. (MSE)

The NCTM delegation's visit to the People's Republic of China in the fall of 1977 is described. Mathematics education in China is presented in terms of mathematical content taught. (MK)

To master the subtleties of Chinese takes years, but most Americans can learn some basic spoken and written Chinese in a matter of weeks or months. A new phonic system, Pin Yin Romanizing System, tones, structure, and characters, and a comparison of Japanese and Chinese are discussed. (MLW)

A short history of mathematical Olympiads in the People's Republic of China is given. Sample problems are included. (MK)

Reports on research into the use of the particle "-le" by native speakers of Chinese. (AM)

Examines how 73 picture storybooks portrayed Chinese and Chinese Americans and how the books reflect the Chinese culture. Finds that most present positive images of Chinese and Chinese Americans, that cultural inauthenticity is the main flaw of many books, and that more picture books are needed that feature flesh and blood contemporary Chinese and…

Suggests a method for teaching about modern Chinese literature that attempts to avoid problems resulting from the lack of cross-cultural understanding between Western and Chinese cultures, and emphasizes ways to become aware of differences without denying one's own culture. (23 references) (CB)

Examines why Chinese undergraduates perform better on an eight-item water-level task (WLT) than do U.S. undergraduates. Results suggest that the combined effect of writing Chinese characters and strong mathematical training in geometry contributes significantly to skills necessary to master the WLT. (MMU)

A LISREL model incorporating both social and psychological factors was used to explain Chinese and American college students' suicide ideation. In both Chinese and American samples, females scored higher on the ideation scale than males. The overall rate is lower for the Chinese, however. Supports previous research. Offers a comparison of…

Indicates that writing Chinese is correlated to Chinese-American (CA) students' spatial skills and investigates whether writing Chinese would have the same relationship to mathematics skills. Suggested a strong correlation between writing Chinese and success on SAT-Math. Supports the cultural relativity theory of gender difference on SAT-Math.…

This bibliography is an effort to establish a convenient listing of works in Chinese which deal with any of the various aspects of Tai linguistics. There are 50 entries including cross-references. Some of the sources covered are: Academia Sinica, Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Institute of History and Philology, Yu-yen…

THIS TEXT IS WRITTEN WITH CHINESE IDEOGRAPHS. FOR THE GLOSSARY TO THE TEXT SEE ED 010 341. (GC)

THE CHINESE LANGUAGE AND ITS DIALECTS ARE DESCRIBED. (THIS REPORT IS PART OF A SERIES, ED 010 350 TO ED 010 367.) (JK)