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Pan, Yingqiu; Gauvain, Mary – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
This study examined change in Chinese students' autonomous learning motivation in the first three years of college and how this change is accounted for by intra- and inter-individual variables. The sample included 633 (328 female) college freshmen. Results showed that students' autonomous learning motivation decreased over years in college.…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Learning Motivation, Predictor Variables, Longitudinal Studies
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Seethaler, Pamela M.; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Star, Jon R.; Bryant, Joan – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
The purpose of the present study was to explore the 3rd-grade cognitive predictors of 5th-grade computational skill with rational numbers and how those are similar to and different from the cognitive predictors of whole-number computational skill. Students (n=688) were assessed on incoming whole-number calculation skill, language, nonverbal…
Descriptors: Numbers, Short Term Memory, Concept Formation, Grade 5
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Campitelli, Guillermo; Gobet, Fernand – Learning and Individual Differences, 2008
We investigated the role of practice in the acquisition of chess expertise by submitting a questionnaire to 104 players of different skill levels. Players had to report their chess rating, the number of hours of individual and group practice, their use of different learning resources and activities, and whether they had been trained by a coach.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Longitudinal Studies, Repetition, Questionnaires