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Takeuchi, Michio; Scott, Ralph – 1981
In order to understand how learning occurs in children from different cultures, the learning profiles of Japanese and American children who ranged in age from 4 to 6 was examined, using the Iowa Early Learning Assessment Instrument (IELA). After the English instructions of the IELA were translated into Japanese the IELA was sent to Japan and was…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Cross Cultural Studies
Peng, Samuel S.; Wright, DeeAnn – 1993
An explanation of why Asian American students perform better than others in school may lie in the nature of the learning programs they receive at home. The purpose of this paper is to define such programs that account for most of the differences in academic achievement among racial/ethnic groups. Data were used from the National Education…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian American Students, Asian Americans, Comparative Analysis