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Péter-Szarka, Szilvia – European Journal of Educational Research, 2012
Motivation to learn foreign languages is a significant determinant of successful language acquisition. The subject has been widely researched in the past, and since the early 1990s a great deal of empirical research related to the classroom environment has been proposed to expand theory into everyday classroom practice. I present an empirical,…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Correlation, Comparative Analysis
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Lowe, Patricia A.; Peyton, Vicki; Reynolds, Cecil R. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2007
A sample of 79 individuals participated in the present study to evaluate the test score stability (8-week test-retest interval) and construct validity of the scores of the Adult Manifest Anxiety Scale-College Version, a new measure used to assess anxiety in college students, for application to graduate-level students. Results of the study…
Descriptors: Scores, Graduate Students, Construct Validity, Test Validity
Blanchard, Joseph D.; Reedy, Richard – 1970
In an effort to identify factors contributing to the poor achievement levels of American Indian students, a sample of juniors and seniors from the Albuquerque Indian School (AIS is a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school) were administered the following tests: Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL); Iowa Test of Educational Development…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Boarding Schools, Comparative Analysis
Seaward, Marty Robertson – 1978
The purpose of this study was to compare the career maturity, self concept, and academic achievement of female students enrolled in intensive business training (IBT), cooperative vocational office training (CVOT), and regular business education programs. A sample of 240 students, equalized into three groups on the basis of IQ scores, were given…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business Education, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction