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Under the influence of collectivism, the Chinese tend to make a sharper difference in the vertical
and non-vertical form of achievement. The author argues this cultural differentiation may have a
great implication to student learning. This study on 400 high school students in Taiwan found that
students tend to hold different perceptions of the nature of, beliefs in their ability for and
attribution pattern for their academic achievement (vertical) and talent performance
(non-vertical).These findings shed light on how students in different cultures perceive learning
differently.
4155.4 Relationship between self-management skills and academic achievement, Kun Yuan 1 ,
Xiaomin Sun 2 , 1 School of Education, Stanford University, USA, 2 School of Psychology, Beijing
Normal University, China
Self-management has much impact on personal performance and achievement in various aspects
of life. To examine the relationship between self-management skills and academic achievement
among university students, we conducted Self-Management Inventory (SMI) on 230 university
students. The result shows that self-management skills, especially self-regulation skills, are
positively related to academic achievement. Gender, major and grade difference were analyzed.
Potential mediating effects of self-efficacy and attribution style on self-management skills were
explored and supported. Implications of the research result on how to improve self-management
skills in the educational settings are discussed in detail.
4156 ORAL
Educational psychology
Chair: Weiqaio Fan, Hong Kong, China
4156.1 An experimental study of thinking styles among Shanghai university students in
hypermedia instructional environments, Weiqaio Fan, Hong Kong, China
This study examined the relationships between thinking styles and the Academic Achievement of
the Course of General Psychology (AACGP) in the hypermedia instructional environment.
Sternberg’s theory of thinking styles served as the theoretical foundation. The study certified the
two hypotheses: (1) the AACGP could be affected significantly by thinking styles. Because there
was more freedom and initiative in the hypermedia environment, the styles’ contribution to
achievements were very obvious in the hypermedia condition; (2) those students whose styles
were preponderant in the legislative, judicial, global, and liberal thinking styles had more
probability of attaining good achievements in the hypermedia
4156.2 Experimental study on the consistency effect of compare word problem, Wei Shi,
Meiling Zhang, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
In this study, three experiments with 3rd grade children investigated reasons for high error rate of
inconsistent compare word problem. Experiment 1 did not support the explanation of Mayer’s
theory, which unsuccessful problem solvers make mistakes because they use direct translation
strategy. Experiment 2 showed that there is no relation between inconsistent problem error and
impulsivity cognitive style. Experiment 3 revealed that working memory capacity of successful
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