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Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2018
This study investigated longitudinal associations between mathematics- and literacy-related causal attributions and self-concepts of ability among Finnish adolescents (N = 237). Questionnaires were administered to adolescents in Grades 7 and 9 to obtain information on their causal attributions and self-concepts of ability.
Aunola, Kaisa +6 more
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This study investigated longitudinal associations between mathematics- and literacy-related causal attributions and self-concepts of ability among Finnish adolescents (N = 237). Questionnaires were administered to adolescents in Grades 7 and 9 to obtain information on their causal attributions and self-concepts of ability.
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Lingua, 1994 Abstract Perceptual and cognitive abilities that are species- and domain-specific may nonetheless have components that are widespread across species and apply to numerous domains. For example, all theories of sentence parsing are constrained by the operations of a limited-capacity memory that is a general characteristic of cognition.
Michael H Kelly
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Domain-specific enhancement of metacognitive ability following meditation training.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2014Contemplative mental practices aim to enable individuals to develop greater awareness of their own cognitive and affective states through repeated examination of first-person experience. Recent cross-sectional studies of long-term meditation practitioners suggest that the subjective reports of such individuals are better calibrated with objective ...
Benjamin, Baird +3 more
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Domain-specific risk preference and cognitive ability
Economics Letters, 2016zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
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Journal of Interior Design, 2022
Spatial ability, defined as the ability to visualize, imagine, translate, and interpret 2D and 3D spatial information, is a crucial building block required for the interior design and architecture professions. In this paper, we report on the development process as well as the validity and reliability of the Architecture and Interior design domain ...
Ji Young Cho, Joori Suh
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Spatial ability, defined as the ability to visualize, imagine, translate, and interpret 2D and 3D spatial information, is a crucial building block required for the interior design and architecture professions. In this paper, we report on the development process as well as the validity and reliability of the Architecture and Interior design domain ...
Ji Young Cho, Joori Suh
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High Ability Studies, 2006
The purpose of this study was to identify common and domain‐specific cognitive characteristics of gifted students based on an integrated model of human abilities. This study is based on the premise that abilities identified by tests can appear as observable characteristics in test or school situations. Abilities proposed by major models of intelligence
Marion Porath
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The purpose of this study was to identify common and domain‐specific cognitive characteristics of gifted students based on an integrated model of human abilities. This study is based on the premise that abilities identified by tests can appear as observable characteristics in test or school situations. Abilities proposed by major models of intelligence
Marion Porath
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Learning and Instruction, 2013
Abstract Numerous studies showed that general cognitive ability (GCA) is a reliable predictor of academic achievement. In addition, parental involvement in their children's academic development is of major importance in early adolescence. This study investigated the incremental validity of parental involvement over GCA in the prediction of academic ...
Karbach, J. +4 more
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Abstract Numerous studies showed that general cognitive ability (GCA) is a reliable predictor of academic achievement. In addition, parental involvement in their children's academic development is of major importance in early adolescence. This study investigated the incremental validity of parental involvement over GCA in the prediction of academic ...
Karbach, J. +4 more
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International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 1992
Abstract This study investigates the role of domain‐general reasoning ability and domain‐specific knowledge in students' ability to solve decision‐making problems in geography. The study was conducted with 178 ‘O’ level geography students in Singapore.
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Abstract This study investigates the role of domain‐general reasoning ability and domain‐specific knowledge in students' ability to solve decision‐making problems in geography. The study was conducted with 178 ‘O’ level geography students in Singapore.
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Learning and Individual Differences, 2006
Abstract The influences of domain-specific meteorological knowledge and general visual–spatial abilities on the comprehension of simple weather maps were examined in a regression-based study involving a sample of participants with relatively low meteorological knowledge and in an experiment involving a contrast between samples of higher- and lower ...
Gary L Allen
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Abstract The influences of domain-specific meteorological knowledge and general visual–spatial abilities on the comprehension of simple weather maps were examined in a regression-based study involving a sample of participants with relatively low meteorological knowledge and in an experiment involving a contrast between samples of higher- and lower ...
Gary L Allen
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Teaching and Teacher Education, 2016
Abstract This study examined preservice and practicing teachers’ beliefs about factors influencing student academic performance. Participants viewed teacher factors as a more important determinant of academic performance than student or family factors. However, teachers who held a stronger entity view of students’ intelligence viewed teachers as less
Meagan M. Patterson +3 more
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Abstract This study examined preservice and practicing teachers’ beliefs about factors influencing student academic performance. Participants viewed teacher factors as a more important determinant of academic performance than student or family factors. However, teachers who held a stronger entity view of students’ intelligence viewed teachers as less
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