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Differential Effects of Age, Linguistic Distance, Gender, and Education on English Proficiency: A Comparative Crosslinguistic Study of Immersion and Nonimmersion Learners

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Do immersion and nonimmersion learners’ English grammaticality judgment test (GJT) scores reflect the same underlying processes in language learning? Drawing on data from Chen and Hartshorne's (2021) study, we argue that they do not. Using generalized additive mixed models (GAMMs), we found that age of onset was the strongest predictor of GJT ...
Frans van der Slik, Roeland van Hout
wiley   +1 more source

Input Variability in Foreign Language Verb–Argument Construction Learning: A Primary School Intervention

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Input variability (i.e., varied experience with different grammar exemplars; “[talk/think/rant/wonder] about [god/bicycles/dogs]”) can improve generalization (i.e., “[Verb] about [Noun]”) and enhance learning. Controlled experiments show that input variability benefits children's generalization and extension of linguistic information from ...
Johannes Schulz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self‐rated and clinically assessed psychopathy: Same or different thermometers?

open access: yesLegal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To examine whether scores on a self‐report instrument can serve as a valid proxy for clinically assessed psychopathy. Method Using data from the Pathways to Desistance study, we applied a hybrid NEAT (non‐equivalent groups with anchor test)–SG (single group) equating design to link the Psychopathy Checklist–Youth Version (PCL–YV) with ...
Lloyd Balbuena   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Caring for the institution: An ethnography of quality assurance policy in U.S. rural primary care

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Based on mixed‐methods, ethnographic research in a geographically isolated rural medical center in the upper midwestern United States, this paper explores the social implications of healthcare quality assurance policies highly reliant on managerial logics, including measurement and monitoring programs.
Chloe L. Warpinski
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Causal Attributions on Fairness Preferences and Generosity in Loss Sharing: An Ultimatum Game Experiment

open access: yesMetroeconomica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the effects of causal attributions (luck vs. effort), the cause of a loss (proposer vs. responder), and its type (individual vs. joint) on fairness preferences in loss sharing. In a loss ultimatum game with earned endowments (N = 246), players were willing to pay more of the loss if their lack of effort caused it, rather ...
Dikla Elisha   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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