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50 Years of ERIC
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Understanding Early Mathematical Competencies in American and Chinese Children
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Zhou, Zheng; Peverly, Stephen T.; Lin, Jiasui – School Psychology International, 2005
Most cross-cultural research on Chinese and American children's early mathematical competencies has focused on their understanding of number and number operations. The present study broadened the range of tasks assessed to include geometric shapes, problem solving and logical reasoning, as well as number and numerical operations, in an effort to…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Mathematics Skills, Geometric Concepts, Mathematics Education
Similarity of Deleterious Effects of Divorce on Chinese and American Children.
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Zhou, Zheng; Bray, Melissa A.; Kehle, Thomas J.; Xin, Tao – School Psychology International, 2001
Reviews and contrasts the effects of divorce on Chinese children's adjustment to American children of divorce. Results indicate that the deleterious effects of divorce on children's academic and social functioning appear to be similar to that experienced by American children. (Contains 23 references.) (GCP)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Chinese Culture, Cross Cultural Studies
American and Chinese Children's Knowledge of Basic Relational Concepts.
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Zhou, Zheng; Boehm, Ann E. – School Psychology International, 2001
Three hundred Beijing students in kindergarten through second grade were given the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts Revised (BTBC-R) to determine whether lexical diversity and morphological complexity affect the rate of acquisition of languages and whether conceptual factors interact with linguistic differences in development of relational concepts.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary School Students
The Status of School Psychology in China at the Millennium.
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Zhou, Zheng; Bray, Melissa A.; Kehle, Thomas J.; Xin, Tao – School Psychology International, 2001
The discipline of psychology is emerging as a recognized and respected profession in China just as the need to address children's increased difficulties in academics and school function has become evident. The evolution of school psychology in China is traced and parallels are drawn to how school psychology developed in the United States in a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries