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The relation of spatial skills, spatial memory span, and two anxiety types with statistics anxiety in European and North American University students

British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background & Aims The present two studies investigated the role of spatial cognition in statistics anxiety. The hypothesis that spatial representations and/or visuospatial skills are related to the acquisition of statistics abilities which, when lacking or unused, generate statistics anxiety is examined.
Rose‐Marie Gibeau, Sébastien Béland, Erin A. Maloney, Michael Cantinotti, Lucile Chanquoy, Daniel Lalande, Jessica Simon, Charlotte Paulis, Gaën Plancher, Marie‐Aude Boislard, Denis Cousineau   +10 more
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Processes of Acquisition a Second Language and Learning a Foreign Language: Terminology Standardisation and Harmonization

Психолінгвістика, 2019
The article analyzes microgroup of terms relating to the process of second language acquisition or foreign language learning (language aptitude, interlanguage, language competence, language performance, language proficiency).
Oksana Turkevych
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Worked examples, cognitive aptitudes and the self‐explanation mechanism – A replication

British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Self‐explaining is an engagement activity that supports learners' active use of instructional scaffolds such as worked examples. Self‐explanation quality is assumed to mediate the worked example effect on learning outcomes. However, prior investigations have relied on analytical approaches limited in scope and quality or have ...
Sarah Bichler, Matthias Stadler, Markus Bühner, Samuel Greiff, Frank Fischer   +4 more
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Remember my name? Plurilingualism is key in relating associative memory subtypes: vocabulary learning and face-name association memory

Discover Education
Recent studies have suggested that language aptitude is a domain-general and flexible trait to acquire foreign languages, regarding various cognitive abilities such as memory systems as its crucial components. Despite a growing interest in working memory,
Kuryeong Kim, Qingyun Yu, Susanne Maria Reiterer   +2 more
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Pre-Service Teachers’ Beliefs about Foreign Language Learning: A Study of Three Different Teacher Training Study Programmes in Slovenia

ELOPE, 2017
It has been determined that beliefs about language learning are significant for the learning and teaching process, and that learners may differ in their beliefs towards learning a new language.
Darija Skubic, Mateja Dagarin Fojkar
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Three shades of self‐regulation with unique complex dynamics, drivers and targets for intervention

British Journal of Educational Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Self‐regulated learning (SRL) is an active process involving multiple interacting components that evolve over time, exhibiting characteristics of complex systems such as non‐linearity, emergent behaviour, self‐organization, and hierarchy. These interactions unfold at different temporal levels, each warranting a dedicated lens to capture their ...
Sonsoles López‐Pernas, Miguel A. Conde, Mohammed Saqr   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the LLAMA aptitude tests.

Journal of the European Second Language Association, 2017
This study assesses the reliability1 of the LLAMA aptitude tests (Meara, 2005). The LLAMA tests were designed as shorter, free, language-neutral tests loosely based on the MLAT tests (Carroll & Sapon, 1959).
Vivienne Rogers, Paul Meara, Thomas Barnett-Legh, Clare Curry, Emma Davie   +4 more
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Comparative Language Learning Beliefs: Why Aptitude Matters

Studies in Linguistics and Literature, 2017
<p class="1"><em>Language Learning Beliefs</em><em> (LLB) are an important area for foreign and second language learning research that has grown considerably over the last decade, and which spans multi-disciplinary fields across education, linguistics and psychology (Martínez Agudo, 2014).
Laura V. Fielden Burns, Mercedes Rico García   +1 more
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Measuring Lead Userness: Development and Validation of a Hierarchical Scale

Creativity and Innovation Management, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 944-962, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Lead user theory has gained traction in both academia and practice, given that involving lead users (LUs) can yield more innovative and commercially successful products. Yet, measurement inconsistencies have hindered consensus on how to reliably assess lead userness.
Moritz Paulus, Slawka Jordanow, Sven Heidenreich, Franziska Janz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The unbearable (financial) burdens of parenting

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Alya Guseva
wiley   +1 more source