Academic Interests and Perceived Competence in American, Japanese, and Korean Children  

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Henderson, Bruce B. ; Marx, Melvin H. ; Yung, Che Kim

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/jcca) vol. 30 no. 1 (Jan. 1999), page 32-50.
Topik: academic; cross cultural studies; child psychology; self image
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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: JJ86.3 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Children in grades 2 through 5 form korea, japan and the united states reported on their interests and perceived competence in a vairety of academically and socially related domains an dindicated their views on gender advantages in areas of interest. Comparisons by country, gender and age were conducted. Children made many similar responses across countries. Predicted differences suggesting greater academic interest and perceived competence among children from korea and japan and social interests among children from japan were only partially supported. In many cases, the responses of american and korean children were most alike. American children generally had the highest perceived competence. Interest in words and numbers but not ideas declined with age across countries. Gender differences were common and often stronger than differences between countries or ages. Across countries, boys showed more interest and perceived competence for numbers and things, whereas girls showed more interest and perceived competence for words.

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