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Day, Crystal A.; Burns, Barbara M. – Early Education and Development, 2011
Research Findings: The current study examined achievement motivation orientation in preschool-age children from low- and middle-income families. Participants were 126 children who were attending an urban Head Start site or a private preschool. Children's motivation orientation was assessed as being performance oriented or mastery oriented using a…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Student Motivation, Achievement Need, Cognitive Processes
Zimiles, Herbert; Asch, Harvey – 1967
A matrix test was devised to assess cognitive skills associated with inferential reasoning. The format of the test requires the subject to choose, from among four alternatives, a figure which is related to other given figures on the basis of appearance, content, or spatial position in the matrix. The test consists of three perceptual matching…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Tests, Comparative Testing, Disadvantaged