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Pfenninger, Simone E. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
The main goal of this paper is to analyze how the age factor behaves as an alleged individual difference (ID) variable in SLA by focusing on the influence that the learning context exerts on the dynamics of age of onset (AO). The results of several long-term classroom studies on age effects will be presented, in which I have empirically analyzed…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Individual Differences, Context Effect, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
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von Davier, Matthias; Naemi, Bobby; Roberts, Richard D. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2012
This article describes an exploration of the distinction between typological and factorial latent variables in the domain of personality theory. Traditionally, many personality variables have been considered to be factorial in nature, even though there are examples of typological constructs dating back to Hippocrates. Recently, some…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Item Response Theory, Classification, Personality Theories
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Larivee, Serge; Normandeau, Sylvie; Parent, Sophie – Child Development, 2000
Presents French-speaking researchers' contribution to differential developmental psychology. Traces methodological and theoretical transformations necessary for understanding individual differences within a general theory of cognitive development. Provides overview of pluralistic and multidimensional model of cognitive functioning/development…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Individual Differences