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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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El, Ron Pat; Tillema, Harm; van Koppen, Sabine W. M. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
In this study we investigate the influence of ethnic differences on student motivation when learning from formative feedback. Interpersonal teacher behavior and student motivational needs are used to explain the effects of assessment for learning on intrinsic motivation by comparing students from different ethnic backgrounds. The final study's…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teacher Behavior, Structural Equation Models, Student Motivation
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Lubbers, Miranda J.; Van Der Werf, Margaretha P. C.; Kuyper, Hans; Hendriks, A. A. Jolijn – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
Past research has consistently shown that there is a relation between personality and academic performance, but much less work has focused on explaining this relation. The present study examined whether three aspects of homework behavior, namely homework time, procrastination, and learning strategies, mediate the relation between personality and…
Descriptors: Homework, Personality Traits, Age, Student Attitudes