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Yulin Cheng; Patrick Dwyer; Connor Tom Keating – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
A growing literature suggests that there is cross-cultural variation in levels of autism-related stigma, which may partially be explained by differences in cultural orientation or autism-related knowledge between countries. This literature has relied heavily on self-report measures of explicit attitudes towards autism; little research has examined…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Social Bias, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Siyao Chen; Li-fang Zhang; Mengting Li – Educational Psychology, 2025
Drawing on the job demands-resources model and conservation of resources theory, this study explored the roles of two types of resources, namely academic buoyancy (a personal resource) and perceived autonomy support (a social resource), and their interactive effect on self-regulated learning (an adaptive outcome), controlling for age, gender, and…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Self Management, Resilience (Psychology), Personal Autonomy
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Oscar W. H. Wong; Sandra S. M. Chan; Steven W. H. Chau; Winnie C. W. Chu; Carol S. W. Ho; Stephy W. S. Ho; Se Fong Hung; Samara Hussain; Kelly Y. C. Lai; Angela M. W. Lam; Holly H. L. Lo; Karen K. Y. Ma; Suk Ling Ma; Flora Y. M. Mo; Pak Chung Sham; Caroline K. S. Shea; Suzanne H. W. So; Kelvin K. F. Tsoi; Patrick W. L. Leung – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Epidemiological studies on autism lack representation from Asia. We estimated the prevalence of autism among children and youths in Hong Kong using a two-stage approach. In addition, we evaluated the psychometric properties of the screening instrument and explored sex differences within an epidemiological context. A random school-based sample of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Epidemiology, Children
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Lau, Kwok-Chi; Ho, Sui-Chu Esther – Research in Science Education, 2022
This study analyzes how students' reported teaching practices of their teachers and their attitudes towards science are related to the science achievements of four high-performing countries/economies in PISA 2015: Hong Kong, China, Canada, and Finland. A study of these regions can shed light on the commonalities of and differences between the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Science Achievement, High Achievement
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Xin Zhang; Xue-Ke Song; Wing-Chee So – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Purpose: Gesture delay in autistic infants and toddlers has been widely reported. The developmental trajectory of gesture production during early childhood is understudied. Thus, little is known about the possible changes of gesture production over time. The present study aimed to document the development of gesture production in autistic children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Nonverbal Communication, Age Differences
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Pongprapan Pongsophon – British Educational Research Journal, 2024
This study investigates the student- and school-level predictors of reading performance across five top-performing countries in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2021. Utilising a multilevel analysis, the research examines the influence of cognitive development, socio-cultural contexts and educational environments on…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Predictor Variables, Foreign Countries, Cognitive Development
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Yeung, Susanna S. S.; King, Ronnel B.; Nalipay, Ma. Jenina N.; Cai, Yuyang – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
Background: Socioeconomic status (SES) and motivation are both important predictors of student achievement. However, most studies have investigated these factors separately, and very few have looked into the interplay between SES and motivation as determinants of student reading achievement. Aims: We intend to bridge this gap by examining a model…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Student Motivation, Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries
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Tilley, Jacqueline L.; Farver, JoAnn M. – School Psychology International, 2023
Emerging research suggests that adolescents at high-achieving schools (HAS) in Western societies are at elevated risk for problem behaviours. This cross-sectional study explored whether adolescents attending HAS in a non-Western setting show similar risk patterns and if contextual (school-, family-, and peer-based) factors typically associated…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, High Achievement, Stress Variables, Parent Aspiration
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Liao, Xian; Zhu, Xinhua; Zhao, Pengfei – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2022
There has been a significant volume of research studying the effect of individuals' motivation on reading comprehension. The findings of previous research have demonstrated both the direct contribution of motivation to comprehension and its indirect influence through mediating effects of reading amount and strategy use. The effect of the linkage…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Motivation, Reading Comprehension, Grade 4
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Yi Wu – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2025
This study explores the factors influencing mathematics performance, teacher satisfaction, and school environment across six economies using data from PISA 2022. Employing hierarchical linear modeling, the research examines individual and institutional variables at the student, teacher, and school levels. Key findings reveal significant…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Özkan, Umut Birkan – FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2021
This study uses PISA 2018 data to analyze, from a multinational perspective, whether interest in environmental issues is a determining factor of science literacy. A relational survey model is used as a quantitative research design to analyze secondary data obtained from the PISA 2018 evaluation data of 98,306 students at the age of 15 in 15…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Student Interests, Environment, Achievement Tests
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Benjamin Yuet Man Li; Yejun Bae; Yi-Jhen Wu; Chia-Wen Chen; Yi-Jung Wu – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2025
This study utilizes the 2015 data from the Hong Kong sample of the Program for International Student Assessment to examine the relative importance of various factors on the science learning performance of Hong Kong students. Using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), we examined the effect of students' affective characteristics, involvement, and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Science Achievement, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests
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Ganotice, Fraide A., Jr.; Downing, Kevin; Chan, Barbara; Yip, Lee Wai – Educational Studies, 2022
There is a dramatic increase in the number of mainland Chinese students coming to Hong Kong to attend various courses. With the aim of developing a profound understanding of the adaptation of the mainland Chinese students (N = 210), this study tested the relationship between types of motivation and goal content when studying abroad with a wide…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Student Motivation, Self Determination
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Tai, Dianne M.; Phillipson, Shane N.; Phillipson, Sivanes – Research Studies in Music Education, 2018
Many Hong Kong Chinese parents believe that music training enhances the academic achievement of their children. The current study investigates the relationship between the extent and outcome of students' music training, their perceptions of the value of the subjects they study and their academic achievement. A total of 286 students in Primary 4, 5…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Academic Achievement, Correlation
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Qiu, Xue-Lan; Leung, Frederick K. S. – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2022
This study investigated the status of equity in mathematics education in Hong Kong based on data from TIMSS 2011 to 2019 and the changes in education equity across the three cycles. The effects of various student-, family-, and school-level variables on students' mathematics achievement were examined and compared using multilevel modeling. Results…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education
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