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Reading Comprehension in English as a Foreign Language and Some Cattell-Horn-Carroll Cognitive Ability Factors
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Tabatabaee-Yazdi, Mona; Baghaei, Purya – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2018
In this study the cognitive correlates of reading comprehension in English as a foreign language were studied. The Cattell-Horn-Carroll model of cognitive abilities was used as the theoretical grounding for the study. We examined the relationship between fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence, verbal analogical reasoning, and speed of…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Cognitive Ability
Explaining the Association between Music Training and Reading in Adults
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Swaminathan, Swathi; Schellenberg, E. Glenn; Venkatesan, Kirthika – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2018
We sought to clarify whether the positive association between music lessons and reading ability is explained better by shared resources for processing pitch and temporal information, or by general cognitive abilities. Participants were native and nonnative speakers of English with varying levels of music training. We measured reading ability…
Descriptors: Music Education, Correlation, Reading Ability, Cognitive Ability
Test-Taking Speed: Predictors and Implications
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Lovett, Benjamin J.; Lewandowski, Lawrence J.; Potts, Heather E. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2017
Students often feel time pressure when taking tests, and students with disabilities are sometimes given extended time testing accommodations, but little research has been done on the factors that affect students' test-taking speed. In the present study, 253 students at two colleges completed measures of processing speed, reading fluency, and…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Test Wiseness, Reading Skills, Standardized Tests
Preparation for College General Chemistry: More than Just a Matter of Content Knowledge Acquisition
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Cracolice, Mark S.; Busby, Brittany D. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
This study investigates the potential of five factors that may be predictive of success in college general chemistry courses: prior knowledge of common alternate conceptions, intelligence, scientific reasoning ability, proportional reasoning ability, and attitude toward chemistry. We found that both prior knowledge and scientific reasoning ability…
Descriptors: College Preparation, College Science, Chemistry, Prior Learning
Emotional Intelligence as a Salient Predictor for Collegians' Career Decision Making
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Puffer, Keith A. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2011
Among the plethora of career theories and counseling practices, human emotion continues to be underrepresented. The paucity is evoking discontentment. For many career specialists, a distal role for emotionality has become untenable. This study demonstrated emotional intelligence (EI) associates with familiar constructs within the career…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Career Counseling, Gender Differences, Career Choice
Reaction Time, Intelligence and Learning Curve: An Exploratory Investigation.
Boretz, Harold F.; And Others – 1984
Previous studies indicate increasing, significant univariate and multivariate correlation between reaction time (RT) tasks and intelligence. Using multiple regression analyses, data from an earlier study by Brown and Boretz were reanalyzed to further investigate the relationship between the speed at which an individual is able to process stimuli…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Testing, Higher Education, Intelligence