NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
ERIC Number: EJ602666
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0034-6543
Cross-National Differences in Academic Achievement: Beyond Etic Conceptions of Children's Understandings.
Bempechat, Janine; Drago-Severson, Eleanor
Review of Educational Research, v69 n3 p287-314 Fall 1999
Reviews theory and research on cross-national (Asian versus American) differences in academic achievement and shows that current research has made claims about achievement motivation with little regard for contemporary theory and formed broad assumptions about the influence of culture while paying only cursory attention to cultural contexts of learning. (Contains 127 references.) (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Comprehension, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, International Education, International Studies
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Asians
Note: Research supported in part by a National Academy of Education Spencer Post-Doctoral Fellowship.