Personal background knowledge influences cross-cultural understanding

Teachers College Record

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1729-1757

  Lin, Xiaodong ^a   Bransford, John D ^b,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Life Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957011281     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: 14679620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Arasaratnam, L. A., & Doerfel, M. L. (2005). Intercultural communication competence: Identifying key components from multicultural perspectives. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 29, 137-163..
2. Barry, D., Burnett, P., Boulton-Lewis, G., Campbell, J., Smith, D., & McCrindle, A. (1999). Classroom learning environments and students' approaches to learning. Learning Environment Research, 2, 137-156.
3. Bateman, H. V., Bransford, J. D., Goldman, S. R., & Newbrough, J. R. (2000, April). Sense of community in the classroom: Relationship to students' academic goals. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA
4. Batson, C. D. (1995). Prosocial motivation: Why do we help others? In A. Tesser (Eds.), Advanced social psychology (pp. 333-381). New York: McGraw-Hill.
5. Bless, H., Schwartz, N., Bodenhausen, G. V., & Thiel, L. (2001). Personalized versus generalized benefits of stereotype disconfirmation: Trade-offs in the evaluation of atypical exemplars and their social groups. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 37, 386-397.
6. Bransford, J., Derry, S., Berliner, D., Hammerness, K., & Beckett, K.L. (2005). Theories of learning and their roles in teaching. In L. Darling-Hammond & J. Bransford (Eds.), Preparing teachers for a changing world: What teachers should learn and be able to do (pp. 40-87). San Fran cisco: Jossey-Bass.
7. Branford.J. D., & Donovan, S. M. (2005). How students learn: History, mathematics, and science in the classroom. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
8. Brophy.J. E., & Good, T. L. (1970). Teacher's communication of differential expectations for children's classroom performance. Journal of Educational Psychology, 61, 365-374.
9. Charlotte, L. (1993). Life stories: The creation of coherence. New York: Oxford University Press.
10. Chi, M. T. H. (1997). Quantifying qualitative analyses of verbal data: A practical guide. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 6, 271-371.
11. Davidson, A. L. (1999). Negotiating social differences: Youths' assessments of educators' strategies. Urban Education, 34, 338-369.
12. Davis, H. A. (2001). The quality and impact of relationships between elementary school students and teachers. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 26, 431-453. (Pubitemid 33082683)
13. Davis, H. A., Schutz, P. A., & Chambless, C. B. (2001, April). Uncovering the impact of social relationships in the classroom: Viewing relationships with teachers from different lenses. Paper presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, SeatUe, WA.
14. Dayan, P., Kakade, S., & Montague, P. R. (2000). Learning and selective attention. Nature Neuroscience, 3, 1218-1223.
15. Decety, J., & Sommerville, J. A. (2003). Shared representations between self and other: A social cognitive neuroscience view. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 7, 527-533. (Pubitemid 37476246)
16. Delpit, L. (1995). Otherpeople's children: Cultural conflict in the classroom. New York: New Press.
17. Dewey, J. (1963). Experience and education. New York: Collier Books.
18. Fine, M. (1986). Why urban adolescents drop into and out of public high school. Teachers College Record, 87, 393-409.
19. Gonzalez, N., Moll, L. C., & Amanti, C. (2005). Funds of knowledge: Theorizing practices in households, communities, and classroom. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
20. Guillen, M. (1996). Five equations that rule the world: The power and poetry of mathematics. New York: Reed Business Information.
21. Hedegaard, M. (2003). Cultural minority children's learning within culturally-sensitive classroom teaching. Pedagogy, Culture & Society, 11, 133-151.
22. Hewstone, M. (1994). Revision and change of stereotypic beliefs: In search of the elusive sub-typing model. In W. Stroebe Sc M. Hewstone (Eds.), European review of social psychology (Vol. 5, pp. 69-109). Chichester, England: Wiley.
23. Hewstone, M., & Hamberger.J. (2000). Perceived variability and stereotype change. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 36, 103-124.
24. Hong, H. Y (2005). Effects of people knowledge on science learning in a computer-based learning environment. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.
25. Jenkins, A. C., Macrae, C. N., Sc Mitchell, J. P. (2007). Repetition suppression of ventromedial prefrontal activity during judgments of self and others. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105, 4507-4512.
26. King, J. (1995). Culture-centered knowledge: Black studies, curriculum transformation, and social action. In J. A. Banks & C. M. Banks (Eds.), Handbook of research on multicultural education (pp. 265-290). New York: Macmillan.
27. Kunda, Z., & Oleson, K. C. (1995). Maintaining stereotypes in the face of disconfirmation: Constructing grounds for subtyping deviants. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 565-579.
28. Ladson-Billings, G. (1994). The dreamkeepers. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
29. Ladson-Billings, G. (1999). Preparing teachers for diverse student populations: A critical race theory perspective. In A. Iran-Nejad & P. D. Pearson (Eds.), Review of research in education (pp. 211-247). Washington DC: American Educational Research Association.
30. Lee, C. M., Sc Gudykunst, W. B. (2001). Attraction in initial interethnic interactions. International Journal ofIntercultural Relations, 25, 373-387.
31. Lee, C. D., Spencer, M. B., Sc Harpalani, V. (2003). "Every shut eye ain't sleep": Studying how people live culturally. Educational Researcher, 32, 6-13.
32. Lin, X. D. (2001). Reflective adaptation of a technology artifact: A case study of classroom change. Cognition & Instruction, 19, 395-440.
33. Lin, X. D., Sc Schwartz, D. (2003). Reflection at the crossroad of cultures. Mind, Culture and Activities, 10(1), 9-25.
34. Lin, X. D., Schwartz, D., Sc Bransford,J. D. (2007). Intercultural adaptive expertise: Explicit and implicit lessons from Dr. Giyoo Hatano. Human Development, 50, 65-73.
35. Lin, X. D., Schwartz, D., Sc Hatano, G. (2005). Toward teachers' adaptive metacognition. Educational Psychologist, 40, 245-255.
36. Lin, X. D., Siegler, R., & Sullivan, F. (2010). Students' goals influence their learning. In R. J. Sternburg & D. D. Preiss (Eds.), Innovations in Educational Psychology: Perspectives on Learning, Teaching and Human Development, Chapt. 4, pp. 79-105, New York: Springer.
37. Lortie, D. C. ( 1975). School teacher: A sociological study. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
38. Mathews, J. (1989). Escalante: The best teacher in America. New York: Henry Holt and Company.
39. Midgley, C, Feldlauger, H., Sc Eccles, J. (1989). Student/teacher relations and attitudes toward mathematics before and after the transition to junior high school. Child Development, 90, 981-992.
40. Moll, L. C., Amanti, C., Neff, D., Sc Gonzalez, N. (1992). Funds of knowledge for teaching: Using a qualitative approach to connect homes and classroom, Theory Into Practice, 57,132-141.
41. Montgomery, A. G., & Crittenden, K. S. (1977). Improving coding reliability for openended questions. Public Opinion Quarterly, 41, 235-243.
42. Muller, C., Katz, S. R., Sc Dance, L. J. (1999). Investing in teaching and learning dynamics of the teacher-student relationship from each actor's perspective. Urban Education, 34, 292-337.
43. National Research Council. (2000). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
44. Noguera, P. A. (1995). Preventing and promoting violence: A critical analyses of responses to school violence. Harvard Educational Review, 65, 189-212.
45. Pickett, C. L., & Brewer, M. B. (2001). Assimilation and differentiation needs as motivational determinants of perceived in-group and out-group homogeneity . Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 37, 341-348. (Pubitemid 33317169)
46. Rennels, M. R., & Chaudhari, R. B. (1988). Eye contact and grade distribution. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 67, 627-632.
47. Roeser, R. W., Midgley, C., & Urdan, T. (1996). Perceptions of the school psychological environment and early adolescents' psychological and behavioral functioning in school: The mediating role of goals and belonging. Journal of Educational Psychology 88, 408-422. (Pubitemid 126125325)
48. Ryan, C. S., Bogart, L. M., Sc Vender, J. P. (2000). Effects of perceived group variability on the gathering of information about individual group members. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 36, 90-101.
49. Schlenker, B. R., & Britt, T. W. (2001). Strategically controlling information to help friends: Effects of empathy and friendship strength on beneficial impression management Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 37, 357-372.
50. Stigler, J., & Hieben, J. (1999). The teaching gap: Best ideas from the world's teachers for improving education in the classroom. New York: Free Press.
51. Trumbull, E., Rothstein-Fisch, C, Greenfield, P. M., & Quiroz, B. (2001). Bridging cultures between home and school: A guide for teachers. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
52. U.S. Bureau of the Census. (1999). Current population reports, Series p-20, Level of enrollment below college for persons 3-24 years old, by control of school, metropolitan status, sex race, and Hispanic origin. Washington, DC: Author.
53. Wason, P. C. (1960). On the failure to eliminate hypotheses in a conceptual task. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 12, 129-140.
54. Wason, P. C, & Johnson-Laird, P. N. (1968). Thinking and reasoning: Selected readings; Great Britain. Penguin Books.
55. Wentzel, K. R., & Wigfield, A. (1998). Academic and social motivational influences on students' academic performance. Educational Psychology Review 10, 155-175. (Pubitemid 128405271)
56. Wu, S., & Keysar, B. (2007). The effect of culture on perspective taking. Psychological Science, 18, 600-606.