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Author Stevenson, Harold W. (Harold William), 1924-2005.

Title Contexts of achievement : a study of American, Chinese, and Japanese children / Harold W. Stevenson, Shin-Ying Lee, in collaboration with Chuansheng Chen [and others]
Published [Chicago] : [Published by the University of Chicago Press for the Society for Research in Child Development], 1990

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Description 123 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development ; serial no. 221, v. 55, nos. 1-2
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development ; v. 55, no. 1-2
Contents Research procedures -- Achievement in reading and mathematics -- Background information : schools and teachers -- Background information : families and children -- Children's lives at home -- Children's attitudes -- Beliefs about effort and ability -- Mothers' evaluations of their child's cognitive abilities, school performance, motivation, and personality -- Mothers' satisfaction with their child's school performance and evaluations of curriculum and school -- Problems in schooling according to mothers and teachers -- Toward the cultural psychology of mathematical cognition / by Giyoo Hatano -- To achieve / by Harold W. Stevenson and Shin-ying Lee
Notes "With commentary by Giyoo Hatano, and a reply by the authors."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Also issued online
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development no:55.1/2 0037-976X
Subject Academic achievement.
Achievement motivation in children.
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Primary) -- Japan.
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Primary) -- Taiwan.
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Primary) -- United States.
Achievement.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Intelligence -- Cultural aspects
Intelligence -- cultural aspects
Intelligence.
Students -- psychology.
Author Lee, Shin-Ying.
波多野, 誼余夫.
LC no. 19006095
ISBN 0226774007
9780226774008