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Hernandez-Serrano, Maria Jose; Gonzales-Sanchez, Margarita – Online Submission, 2011
This paper reports on a project in which students' interactions with learning environments are investigated from the perspective of the spatial factors. Our research examines a significant dimension generated under the interrelationship between the subject and the virtual space, by establishing that spatial dimensions may determine the level of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socialization, Cognitive Processes, Social Experience
Adams, Thomas M., II; And Others – Educational Technology, 1987
Describes a study that examined the relationship between academic ability or aptitude, as measured by grade point average and American College Test scores, and achievement with and without computer-assisted instruction. (15 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aptitude, Computer Assisted Instruction, Correlation
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Robinson, Nancy M. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1987
The limited research on precocity in infants and preschool children is reviewed, examining specifically the problems of: describing young gifted children, predicting their future development, determining the origins of high achievement motivation and commitment, and nurturing the talent at home and/or in the preschool. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Achievement Need, Child Development, Gifted
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Bartel, Lee R. – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1994
Addresses the validity of the Cognitive-Affective Response Test-Music by clarifying the theoretical assertions on which the construct validity of the instrument rests. Presents nine specific assertions and data from two studies. Concludes that the test is valid for college-bound high school students. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aptitude, Grade 10, High Schools
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Hudak, Mary A.; Anderson, David E. – Teaching of Psychology, 1990
Studies 94 undergraduate students in introductory statistics and computer science courses. Applies Formal Operations Reasoning Test (FORT) and Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI). Finds that substantial numbers of students have not achieved the formal operation level of cognitive maturity. Emphasizes need to examine students learning style and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Ability
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Harrison, Carole S. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1990
Determines how academic ability, music experience, and musical aptitude contribute to grade prediction in the written-work, ear-training, sight-singing, and keyboard-harmonics portions of two college freshman music theory courses. Finds Scholastic Aptitude Test mathematics scores the best predictor of grades in written work and ear training.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Auditory Training, College Freshmen
Wangsotorn, Achara; And Others – 1986
A study of the relationship of learner characteristics to success in beginning English examined the language aptitude, learning motivation and attitudes, spatial relations, study habits, and years of English instruction of 97 seventh-grade students in a Thai government school. The analysis focused on these variables as they related to the…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, English (Second Language)