Preferred Learning Styles of Asian American Students

Prefer cooperation to competition
Prefer group learning
Rely on authority
Play is important
Children are pressured to be successful (comparison is important)
Prefer to have choices of projects

Need clear, precise directions
 Varying degrees of structure (depends on student)
Appreciate when teachers reach out to them individually
Need to be invited to share their answers and thoughts; will not volunteer them
Japanese and Korean students are often quiet, shy, and resistant in language classrooms. (if students have been raised in traditional Japanese and Korean cultures)
Students want teachers to present information
Dislike overt display of emotions
Strong value of conformity (if raised in a traditional household)