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Alamer, Abdullah; Alsagoafi, Ahmad – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Language students apply different strategies to learn a second language (L2), especially when they want to attain proficiency in reading. The aim of the present study was to revisit the validity of the "Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory" (MARSI-R) among Saudi students using a new statistical method of confirmatory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Copping, Lee T.; Cramman, Helen; Gott, Sarah; Gray, Helen; Tymms, Peter – Educational Research, 2016
Background: The Performance Indicators in Primary Schools On Entry Baseline assessment for pupils starting school includes an item which aims to assess how well a pupil writes his or her own name. There is some debate regarding the utility of this measure, on the grounds that name length may constitute bias. Purpose, method and design: The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Predictive Validity, Correlation
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Fives, Allyn – Reading Psychology, 2016
This study explored the association between reading self-belief and reading achievement among a representative sample of nine year old children in the Republic of Ireland. Results from analysis of variance and simple effects analysis showed a positive linear association between reading achievement and "attitude to reading." The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students, Reading Attitudes
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Ning, Bo; Van Damme, Jan; Liu, Hongqiang; Vanlaar, Gudrun; Gielen, Sarah – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2013
Students, as one specific group of school stakeholders, have unique perceptions of school climate, which predict academic performance. In the Program for International Student Assessment 2009 Shanghai survey, 5,115 students from 152 schools participated. The results from this study showed that compared with their peers in the countries of the…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables, Educational Environment
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Basaran, Mustafa – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
This study examined the relationship between fourth grade primary school students' reading habits/conditions/ situations and their comprehension regarding what they read. For this purpose, a correlational survey method was used in the study. 90 fourth-grade students who were attending a state primary school in the center of Ku¨tahya participated…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Grade 4, Reading Habits
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Hajhashemi, Karim – English Language Teaching, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine whether performance in MI could predict the performance in reading competency. The other objectives were to identify the components of MI which are correlated with the reading test scores, and to determine the relationship between the multiple intelligences and reading proficiency. A descriptive and ex post…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Predictor Variables, Language Proficiency, Multiple Intelligences
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Lynn, Richard; Mikk, Jaan – Intelligence, 2009
The results of the 2006 PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) study of reading comprehension, mathematical ability, and science understanding administered to 15 year olds in 56 countries [OECD (2007). PISA 2006: Science Competencies for Tomorrow's World. Paris: OECD.] are examined to assess the predictive validity of the national IQs…
Descriptors: Intelligence Quotient, National Norms, Differences, Achievement Tests
Butler, S. R. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1979
The article reports on the preliminary findings of a study of 392 Australian kindergarten children to determine which tests are the most predictive of later reading ability and disability. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Foreign Countries, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables
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Yore, Larry D.; And Others – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1988
This study investigated whether a global cognitive development construct could effectively predict both concurrent and future Grade 1 achievement in reading, writing, and mathematics and whether there were gender differences in the relationship between the construct and achievement. Sixty-five first grade pupils were selected for the study.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concurrent Validity, Foreign Countries, Grade 1
Boland, Theodoor; Mommers, Martin J. C. – 1986
From l979 to l985, data were gathered from approximately 600 students in 24 Dutch elementary schools to determine changes occurring in the interrelationships among the reading skill components of decoding, reading comprehension, and spelling ability. Information for each student was obtained from reading performance test scores recorded at the end…
Descriptors: Child Development, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Foreign Countries