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Jones, Lise Oen; Varberg, Jeanette; Manger, Terje; Eikeland, Ole-Johan; Asbjornsen, Arve – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
This paper is the first to examine the Reading and Writing Self-Efficacy Scale among incarcerated adults. The aim was to examine whether performance of reading and spelling tests (Reading Speed, Nonsense Words and Spelling) explained individual differences in the participants' efficacy beliefs in reading and writing. Six hundred subjects rated…
Descriptors: Spelling, Self Efficacy, Factor Analysis, Reading Rate
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Raghubar, Kimberly P.; Barnes, Marcia A.; Hecht, Steven A. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
Working memory refers to a mental workspace, involved in controlling, regulating, and actively maintaining relevant information to accomplish complex cognitive tasks (e.g. mathematical processing). Despite the potential relevance of a relation between working memory and math for understanding developmental and individual differences in…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Short Term Memory, Longitudinal Studies, Cognitive Processes