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Direct linkLeggins, Shanell – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to obtain insights into how creativity is (a) demonstrated in coursework and assignments, (b) addressed and fostered in the classroom, (c) affected by standardized testing, and (d) impacted by culture. These purposes were achieved by gathering qualitative data from a sample of 8 teachers and 8…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Advanced Placement Programs, International Education, Creativity
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Download full textSang, Yuan – International Journal of Higher Education, 2017
This research synthesis collected, compiled, and analyzed 29 academic research articles that were published in China in recent years. It addressed and explored the issues in Chinese undergraduate students' English writing and the possible reasons causing and/or explaining the issues. It was discovered that many Chinese undergraduate students have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Undergraduate Students, College Second Language Programs
Zhao, Ningning; Valcke, Martin; Desoete, Annemie; Burny, Elise; Imbo, Ineke – Educational Psychology, 2014
The present paper investigates differences in the process of mastering the four basic arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) between Flemish and Chinese children from Grade 3 till Grade 6 (i.e. from 8 to 11 years old). The results showed, firstly, that Chinese students outperformed Flemish students in each grade…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Arithmetic
Ozturgut, Osman – Journal of International Education Research, 2011
The Chinese have been using standardized testing for centuries. Ancient Greeks have tried it for centuries since 5th and 4th BC. There is no evidence that they have become successful in educating their children through an imperial or elitist system. The impact of standardizing the education on a nation is significant. This is not only true for not…
Descriptors: Testing, Standardized Tests, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Pan, Yue-Juan; Liu, Yan – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
This study developed a standardised mediated assessment to measure young children's mathematical ability in reasoning, abstraction and representation in number, computation, quantity, shape and relationship through six tasks with four levels. The percentage distribution of children at four levels on the tasks showed that the tiered mediations…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Program Effectiveness, Mathematical Aptitude
Hammond, Bruce G. – Independent School, 2010
Most nations now administer standardized tests--for adult job seekers and young students alike--but the Chinese remain the world's preeminent practitioners. The nation's national college entrance exam, known as the "Gaokao", lasts for nine hours across two days. The author has seen the intensity of China's work ethic firsthand as…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Foreign Countries, Educational Administration, Educational Assessment
Ballard, Amy; Palmieri, Stafford; Winkler, Amber – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2008
This report has a simple aim: to present results from international assessments so readers can judge for themselves how American students stack up globally. It's intended to be a stand-alone supplement to the "Education Olympics" web event held between August 8th and August 22nd, 2008 (see edolympics.net). It shows how the U.S. has…
Descriptors: International Studies, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Barendsen, Robert D., Ed. – 1979
Materials concerning the 1978 national college entrance examination in the People's Republic of China are presented. This was the first nationally standardized test taken in China since the Cultural Revolution began in 1966. The examination contained tests in eight subjects: mathematics, physics, chemistry, politics, history, geography, Chinese…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Chemistry, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations
Heyneman, Stephen P., Ed.; Fagerlind, Ingemar, Ed. – 1988
In September 1984, the Chinese government asked the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank to assist the officials of the Chinese Ministry of Education in thinking through some policy options for examinations and standardized testing. This document summarizes the descriptions of testing programs and advice provided to these Chinese…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
