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Gilbert, Laurence C. – 1986
Fifty-four high aptitude undergraduates and 46 moderate-to-low aptitude undergraduates were divided into four treatment groups and were given a pretest during which they learned and recalled a map of a small town in five successive trials. Two weeks later, each group was given a different treatment with a varying degree of explicitness of…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Advance Organizers, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedAberg-Bengtsson, Lisbeth – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1999
Investigates the dimensions underlying performance on the diagrams, tables, and maps subset of the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test. Analyzes data from two test versions by using a structural-equation modeling technique on 14,463 and 19,636 examinees respectively. Concludes that gender difference in performance is due, to a great extent, to the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Diagrams, Foreign Countries, High Schools
