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Aysegül Okay; Gülay Cedden – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2025
This study investigates the relationship among working memory (WM), mathematics, and language, with the aim of understanding: (1) whether the functions and capacities of WM components can predict achievement in language and mathematics; and (2) whether competence in the first language (L1) and achievement in mathematics can predict success in…
Descriptors: Correlation, Short Term Memory, Mathematics Achievement, Turkish
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Ayar, Zülal – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2021
As the most prestigious and popular standardized achievement test to certify examinees' proficiency of the English language at the national level, Foreign Language Examination (YDS) has been mostly taken by academic staff, undergraduate and graduate students, state employees, and military personnel for years in Turkey. The current study set out to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests, Language Proficiency
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Altmisdort, Gonca – Educational Research and Reviews, 2016
The aim of this study is to evaluate learning and acquisition strategies used by second/foreign language learners. This study is a comparative investigation of learning and acquisition strategies of successful and less successful language learners. The main question of the study is to investigate if there is a relationship between the learners'…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals)
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Çakir, Abdulvahit; Ünaldi, Ihsan; Arslan, Fadime Yalçin; Kiliç, Mehmet – English Language Teaching, 2016
Within the framework of foreign language teaching and learning, reading strategies, depth of vocabulary knowledge and text inferencing skills have not been researched extensively. This study tries to fill this gap by analyzing the effects of reading strategies used by Turkish EFL learners and their depth of vocabulary knowledge on their text…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Strategies
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Baturay, Meltem Huri; Daloglu, Aysegul – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2010
Many teachers have the tendency to look at only the standardized test scores of their students while ignoring how or why various dimensions of language proficiency has improved or not improved. Portfolio, however, reveals a clear picture of the student's growth and development. This study reflects that traditional approaches to assessment of…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Portfolio Assessment, Standardized Tests, Online Courses
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Purpura, James Enos – Language Learning, 1997
Investigates the relationship between test takers' strategy and their performance on second-language tests (SLTP) comprising an 80-item Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategy Questionnaire and a 70-item standardized language test. Results explain SLTP by grammar and reading ability; cognitive processing by comprehending, storing, and retrieval…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Tests