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Relations among Cultural Learning Beliefs, Self-Regulated Learning, and Academic Achievement for Low-Income Chinese American Adolescents
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Bempechat, Janine; Li, Jin; Ronfard, Samuel – Child Development, 2018
This mixed-methods study of urban low-income, English-proficient Chinese American, second-generation 15-year-olds (conducted in 2004; N = 32) examined the relation among the virtue model of learning communicated by parents and adolescents' learning beliefs, self-regulated learning (SRL) behaviors, and academic achievement. Analysis of in-depth…
Descriptors: Chinese Americans, Socialization, Low Income, Metacognition
"My Way or Mom's Way?" The Bilingual and Bicultural Self in Hong Kong Chinese Children and Adolescents
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Wang, Qi; Shao, Yi; Li, Yexin Jessica – Child Development, 2010
This study examined the relation of language to the development of a cultural self. Bilingual children ages 8-14 from Hong Kong (N = 125) were interviewed in either English or Chinese. They recalled autobiographical events and described themselves, and indicated their agreement with Chinese interdependent versus Western independent values.…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Memory, Foreign Countries, Bilingualism
Children's Maintenance and Generalization of an Interrogative Learning Strategy.
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Kestner, Jane; Borkowski, John G. – Child Development, 1979
In experiment 1, 48 first-grade children were presented one of four elaboration strategies or labeling instructions during a single study trial and then recalled 16 paired associates. In experiment 2, 32 first-grade children were trained over a four-day period in the use of an interrogative elaboration strategy or received labeling instructions.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Generalization, Interviews