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Pishghadam, Reza; Khajavy, Gholam Hassan – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
This study examined the role of metacognition and intelligence in foreign language achievement on a sample of 143 Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. Participants completed Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices as a measure of intelligence, and Metacognitive Awareness Inventory as a measure of metacognition. Learners' scores at…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Metacognition
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Kaufman, James C.; Beghetto, Ronald A.; Baer, John; Ivcevic, Zorana – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
Creative polymathy at the very highest levels is rare, but this is largely the result of a long period of training usually necessary to become proficient in any field. We explain why creative polymathy is not ruled out by arguments for the domain specificity of creativity and argue that consideration of multiple levels of creativity (Big-C, Pro-c,…
Descriptors: Creativity, Models, Teaching Methods, Guidelines
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Preiss, David D. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2009
I investigated the instructional pattern for the teaching of language at the elementary school level in Chile. The data were obtained from analyzing videos filmed for a teaching assessment system implemented by the Chilean Government. The system identified four levels of teacher competence. I treated these levels of competence as an independent…
Descriptors: National Programs, Foreign Countries, Time on Task, Teaching Methods