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Direct linkMarschark, Marc; Morrison, Carolyn; Lukomski, Jennifer; Borgna, Georgianna; Convertino, Carol – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
It is frequently assumed that by virtue of their hearing losses, deaf students are visual learners. Deaf individuals have some visual-spatial advantages relative to hearing individuals, but most have been linked to use of sign language rather than auditory deprivation. How such cognitive differences might affect academic performance has been…
Descriptors: Deafness, Cognitive Style, College Students, Spatial Ability
Savas, Perihan – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
The relationship between intelligence, language, and learning is a challenging field of study. One way to study how this relationship occurs and works is to investigate the perceptions of advanced language learners. Therefore, this paper reports a study that was conducted to explore 160 pre-service English language teachers' perceptions about…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Multiple Intelligences, Preservice Teachers
Pae, Tae-Il; Shin, Sang-Keun – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of differential instructional methods on the relationships between intrinsic and extrinsic motivations (IM and EM, respectively), self-confidence, motivation, and English as a foreign language (EFL) achievement for a sample of Korean university students and their teachers. To this end,…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods, Self Concept
Stankov, Lazar – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
This study investigated cross-cultural differences on 38 subscales from 4 major domains--personality, social attitudes, values, and social norms. These scales were administered to participants who took the Test of English as a Foreign Language[TM] (TOEFL[R], N = 1,600) and U.S. college students (N = 429). Total variability of each subscale was…
Descriptors: College Students, Social Attitudes, Personality, Cultural Differences
Yang, Xiaohu – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
Intentional forgetting refers to impaired memory arising from an instruction to forget unwanted material. Intentional forgetting yielded with a list-method task is often interpreted as evidence for retrieval inhibition. This paper presents a study on the relationships among intentional forgetting, anxiety, and EFL listening comprehension among…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, College Students, Memory, Anxiety
Krumm, Stefan; Lipnevich, Anastasiya A.; Schmidt-Atzert, Lothar; Buhner, Markus – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
The current study aimed at applying a broad model of cognitive functions to predict performance in science and language courses at school as well as performance in a science course at university. We hypothesized that performance in science courses was predominantly related to the cognitive function known as relational integration, whereas…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grades (Scholastic), Program Effectiveness, Undergraduate Students
