The Effect of Writing Chinese Characters on Success on The Water - Level Task  

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Nuttall, Ronald L. ; Shuwen, Zhao ; Chieh Li

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 91-105.
Topik: CHARACTER; sensory perception; handwriting; cross cultural studies; chinese languages; english language
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This study examined why chinese undergraduates performed better on an eight - item water - level task (WLT) than did americna undergraduates. Based on cognitive developmental theory, it was hypothesized that ability to write chinese characters may facilitate performance on the WLT. This hypothesis was tested along with an additional hypothesis that eztensive training in mathematics, especially geometry, facilitates WLT performance. The participants were three groups of chinese undergradutes : 295 native writers of chinese from beijing, china , 48 chinese american writers of chinese and 129 chinese americans who could not write chinese. Results suggest that the combined effect of writing chinese and strong math training contribute significantly (p < 0,01) to skills neccessary to master WLT. Among chinese americans, the effect of writing chineese is significant for males (p < 0,05) but not for females. Scholastic aptitude test math score has a significant correlation (p <0,001) with success on WLT.

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