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Developing and Demonstrating Knowledge: Ability and Non-Ability Determinants of Learning and Performance
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Beier, Margaret E.; Campbell, Madeline; Crook, Amy E. – Intelligence, 2010
Ability and non-ability traits were examined as predictors of learning, operationalized as the development of knowledge structure accuracy, and exam performance in a semester-long course. As predicted by investment theories of intellectual development, both cognitive ability and non-ability traits were important determinants of learning and exam…
Descriptors: Test Results, Goal Orientation, Cognitive Structures, Intellectual Development
Home Environment, Nutritional Status, and Maternal Intelligence as Determinants of Intellectual Development in Rural Philippine Preschool Children.
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Church, A. Timothy; Katigbak, Marcia S. – Intelligence, 1991
Relationships among home environment, nutritional status, maternal intelligence, and intellectual development were investigated for 177 5- and 6-year-old children in the Philippines using culture-relevant scales. Results support the generalizability to the Philippine cultural setting of relationships among these factors found in American settings.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Traits, Culture Fair Tests