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Lexical Quality and Reading Comprehension in Primary School Children
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Richter, Tobias; Isberner, Maj-Britt; Naumann, Johannes; Neeb, Yvonne – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2013
In a cross-sectional study, we examined the relationship between the quality of lexical representations and text comprehension skill in German primary school children (Grades 1-4). We measured the efficiency and accuracy of orthographical, phonological, and meaning representations by means of computerized tests. Text comprehension skill was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills
Primary School Students' Attitudes towards Computer Based Testing and Assessment in Turkey
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Yurdabakan, Irfan; Uzunkavak, Cicek – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2012
This study investigated the attitudes of primary school students towards computer based testing and assessment in terms of different variables. The sample for this research is primary school students attending a computer based testing and assessment application via CITO-OIS. The "Scale on Attitudes towards Computer Based Testing and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Testing, Student Attitudes, Elementary School Students
Comparability of Online and Paper/Pencil Mathematics Performance Measures
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Moon, John L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between student mathematics performance of 4th, 8th, and 11th grade students in Nebraska and the mode of test administration, online and paper-pencil. Schools were allowed to select the mode of test administration for their school with some exceptions for students needing…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Grade 4, Grade 8, Grade 11
Mindfulness and Inhibitory Control in Early Adolescence
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Oberle, Eva; Schonert-Reichl, Kimberly A.; Lawlor, Molly Stewart; Thomson, Kimberly C. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2012
This study examined the relationship between the executive control process of inhibition and self-reported dispositional mindfulness, controlling for gender, grade, and cortisol levels in 99 (43% female) fourth- and fifth-graders ([X-bar] = 10.23 years, SD = 0.53). Students completed a measure of mindful attention awareness and a computerized…
Descriptors: Intervention, Early Adolescents, Inhibition, Cognitive Development