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Beckmann, Nadin; Beckmann, Jens F.; Elliott, Julian G. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2009
This study takes an individual differences' perspective on performance feedback effects in psychometric testing. A total of 105 students in a mainstream secondary school in North East England undertook a cognitive ability test on two occasions. In one condition, students received item-specific accuracy feedback while in the other (standard…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Psychological Testing, Goal Orientation
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Brunner, Martin – Learning and Individual Differences, 2008
This study investigates the relationships of domain-general cognitive abilities and domain-specific verbal and mathematical abilities to students' educational characteristics when two theoretically grounded, but competing structural models are applied. In the standard model, a single latent ability causes interindividual differences in the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Ability
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Calero, Maria Dolores; Garcia-Martin, Maria Belen; Jimenez, Maria Isabel; Kazen, Miguel; Araque, Arsenio – Learning and Individual Differences, 2007
Current approaches in intelligence research indicate the need for a more extensive determination of characteristics of children with possible giftedness, not only at an intellectual level, but also at the level of self-regulation and motivation. The present study compares self-regulation efficiency between high-IQ and average-ability children aged…
Descriptors: Gifted, Intelligence Quotient, Motivation, Memory