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Bostrom, Robert N. – International Journal of Listening, 2011
Theory about listening has been strongly affected by methodological orientations and institutional pressures. It would help if researchers spent more time on the objects of study rather than method. Traditional listening research has confused listening with general cognitive abilities, such as IQ. Studying listening as memory is a tempting…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Cognitive Ability, Second Language Instruction, Listening Skills
White, Richard T.; Gunstone, Richard F. – 1980
This paper details how memory protocols obtained in individual interviews may be translated to scores on several dimensions suggested by White. White's nine dimensions are: (1) extent, (2) precision, (3) internal consistency, (4) accord with reality, (5) variety of types of element, (6) variety of topics, (7) shape, (8) ratio of internal to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Bird, Lisa – 1986
This study examined the effect of three aspects of the testing context--physical privacy, anonymity, and offers of help from a tester--on children's expectations. Performance of 96 11-year-old boys and girls on a pictorial recall memory task in a simulated test was evaluated. The subjects were divided into eight different groups varying on the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Expectation, Foreign Countries, Helping Relationship
Carvajal, Howard; And Others – Diagnostique, 1989
Forty-five gifted children, ages 11-17, were tested with the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale and the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement. Results indicated 18 of 20 correlations between the area and composite scores were significant. The Stanford-Binet Short-Term Memory standard age score mean was lower than other scores' means. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Correlation
Smith, Douglas K.; And Others – 1987
This study investigates the validity of the Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (S-B:4) for use with students with learning disabilities. It compares the performance of 18 elementary-age students on the S-B:4 and the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC). The subjects were identified by their school as having learning…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Achievement Tests, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Testing