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Warner, Janis A.; Koufteros, Xenophon; Verghese, Anto – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2014
This article introduces a new construct coined as Computer User Learning Aptitude (CULA). To establish construct validity, CULA is embedded in a nomological network that extends the technology acceptance model (TAM). Specifically, CULA is posited to affect perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use, the two underlying TAM constructs.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Aptitude, Computer Mediated Communication, Construct Validity
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Sanchez-Herrero, Silvia A.; Sanchez, Ma del Pilar – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1992
A study with 118 male and 87 female junior high school students in Spain using a scale developed to assess anxiety among Spanish students associated with learning a second language found a relationship between low anxiety and superior performance in the second language (English). The scale obtained predictive validity. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Attitude Measures, Cognitive Ability