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Cognitive and Psychosocial Factors in the Long-Term Development of Implicit and Explicit Second Language Knowledge in Adult Learners of Spanish at Increasing Proficiency
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Serafini, Ellen Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the second language (L2) development of adult learners of Spanish at three levels of proficiency during and after a semester of instruction. A fundamental goal was to identify cognitive and psychosocial individual differences (IDs) that can explain between-learner variation over time in order to expand our understanding of the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Spanish, Language Aptitude, Language Processing
Three Sets of Ordered Variables and Their Association to the American College Test Scores
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Russo, Thomas J.; Checketts, Keith T. – Journal of Educational Research, 1978
In a study of declining college entrance examination scores, it was found that student-related factors, such as academic courses taken, were more closely related to test scores than school-related or family structure factors. (ED.)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, College Freshmen, Educational Assessment
First Steps towards an Epistemic Learner Model
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Stoeger, Heidrun – High Ability Studies, 2006
A description is made of the first steps taken towards the development of a model of epistemic beliefs, which is conceptually based on the learning process. In two studies, which were conducted in the domains of mathematics and physics, a quest was made to secure the first evidence of the usefulness of the model. The most important results of the…
Descriptors: Models, Epistemology, Beliefs, Questionnaires