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Otis-Lennon School Ability Test: Australian Criterion Validity.
Szaday, Christopher; And Others – Psychological Test Bulletin, 1989
The criterion validity of the primary, elementary, and intermediate school forms of the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT) in an Australian context was studied. Results with about 8,000 children in grades 1 through 8 support the criterion validity of the OLSAT for Australian samples. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Age Groups, Comparative Testing, Concurrent Validity
Children's Help-Seeking in the Classroom: The Role of Motivational Factors and Attitudes.
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Newman, Richard S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1990
Characteristics related to help-seeking (perceived competence, motivational orientation, attitudes and beliefs, and age) were examined for 177 children in grades 3, 5, and 7. By grade seven, positive and negative attitudes were influential. Developmental and individual difference factors are discussed in connection with help-seeking and academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Beliefs, Child Development
Student Differences in Self-Regulated Learning: Relating Grade, Sex, and Giftedness to Self-Efficacy and Strategy Use.
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Zimmerman, Barry J.; Martinez-Pons, Manuel – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1990
Forty-five boys and 45 girls in grades 5, 8, and 11 from schools for academically gifted students and 90 students in the same grades from regular schools described their uses of 14 self-regulated learning strategies and estimated their verbal and mathematical efficacy. Results support a triadic view of self-regulated learning. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education