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Comparing C-Tests and Yes/No Vocabulary Size Tests as Predictors of Receptive Language Skills
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Harsch, Claudia; Hartig, Johannes – Language Testing, 2016
Placement and screening tests serve important functions, not only with regard to placing learners at appropriate levels of language courses but also with a view to maximizing the effectiveness of administering test batteries. We examined two widely reported formats suitable for these purposes, the discrete decontextualized Yes/No vocabulary test…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Secondary School Students, Vocabulary Development, Student Placement
Predictors of Developmental Dyslexia in European Orthographies with Varying Complexity
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Landerl, Karin; Ramus, Franck; Moll, Kristina; Lyytinen, Heikki; Leppanen, Paavo H. T.; Lohvansuu, Kaisa; O'Donovan, Michael; Williams, Julie; Bartling, Jurgen; Bruder, Jennifer; Kunze, Sarah; Neuhoff, Nina; Toth, Denes; Honbolygo, Ferenc; Csepe, Valeria; Bogliotti, Caroline; Iannuzzi, Stephanie; Chaix, Yves; Demonet, Jean-Francois; Longeras, Emilie; Valdois, Sylviane; Chabernaud, Camille; Delteil-Pinton, Florence; Billard, Catherine; George, Florence; Ziegler, Johannes C.; Comte-Gervais, Isabelle; Soares-Boucaud, Isabelle; Gerard, Christophe-Loic; Blomert, Leo; Vaessen, Anniek; Gerretsen, Patty; Ekkebus, Michel; Brandeis, Daniel; Maurer, Urs; Schulz, Enrico; van der Mark, Sanne; Muller-Myhsok, Bertram; Schulte-Korne, Gerd – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: The relationship between phoneme awareness, rapid automatized naming (RAN), verbal short-term/working memory (ST/WM) and diagnostic category is investigated in control and dyslexic children, and the extent to which this depends on orthographic complexity. Methods: General cognitive, phonological and literacy skills were tested in 1,138…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Predictor Variables, Phonemic Awareness, Naming
Conscientiousness, Achievement Striving, and Intelligence as Performance Predictors in a Sample of German Psychology Students: Always a Linear Relationship?
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Ziegler, Matthias; Knogler, Maximilian; Buhner, Markus – Learning and Individual Differences, 2009
Studies on the interface between cognitive ability (intelligence) and personality in the prediction of academic performance have yielded mixed results so far. Especially an interaction between conscientiousness (and its facet achievement striving) and intelligence has been investigated. The hypothesis is that conscientiousness enhances the impact…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Academic Achievement, Intelligence Tests, Program Effectiveness
Do Effects of Center-Based Care and Education on Vocabulary and Mathematical Skills Vary with Children's Sociocultural Background? Disparities in the Use of and Effects of Early Childhood Services
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Burger, Kaspar – International Research in Early Childhood Education, 2012
Using data from a survey on cognitive proficiency levels of first graders in Switzerland (N = 1.830), this study analyzes (1) who has access to institutional childcare, (2) whether institutional childcare affects cognitive skills of children who differ in terms of socioeconomic status, home literacy, native country, and home language, and (3) how…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Mathematics Skills, Child Care Centers, Early Childhood Education