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Ardasheva, Yuliya; Tong, Sze Sze; Tretter, Thomas R. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
This study modified and validated a measure of motivational orientations--grounded in self-determination theory and originally developed for postsecondary students--for use with younger (pre-college) English language learners (ELLs). Exploratory factor analysis results in Sample A (n = 528) indicated that the data were best explained by a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Factor Structure, Learning Motivation, Measures (Individuals)
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Verhoeven, Ludo; van Leeuwe, Jan – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of gender and linguistic diversity in the growth of Dutch word decoding skills throughout elementary school for a representative sample of children living in the Netherlands. Following a longitudinal design, the children's decoding abilities for (1) regular CVC words, (2) complex…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Decoding (Reading), Indo European Languages
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Shin, Tacksoo; Davison, Mark L.; Long, Jeffrey D.; Chan, Chi-Keung; Heistad, David – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
Using four-wave longitudinal reading and mathematics data (4th to 7th grades) from a large urban school district, growth curve modeling was used as a tool for examining three research questions: Are achievement gaps closing in reading and mathematics? What are the associations between prior-achievement and growth across the reading and mathematics…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Gap
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Foorman, Barbara R.; Petscher, Yaacov; Bishop, M. Denise – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
We know that knowledge of word structure--morphology--relates to reading, but there is limited research on its unique contribution to reading comprehension, especially with students in middle and high schools and with the nesting of students within classrooms taken into account. In this study with 4780 students in grades 3 to 10, we examined how…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Reading Comprehension, Morphology (Languages), Spelling