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A Model for Academic Success: The School and Home Environment of East Asian Students
Author(s) -
SCHNEIDER BARBARA,
LEE YONGSOOK
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.1990.21.4.04x0596x
Subject(s) - east asia , sociocultural evolution , academic achievement , interpersonal communication , psychology , interpersonal relationship , sociology , mathematics education , social psychology , china , geography , archaeology , anthropology
This article reviews the findings of a field‐based study that compared the academic performance of East Asians and Anglo elementary school students. Variations in academic performance are viewed as the result of the relationship between sociocultural factors and interpersonal interactions. Results link the academic success of East Asian students to the values and aspirations they share with their parents, to the home learning activities, in which they participate with their families, and to the expectations and interactions they have with their teachers and classmates.