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The Aptitude Domain: A Componential Analysis of Learner Aptitude in Second Language Acquisition
<p>Though aptitude has been an object of investigation since the middle of the last century, research into its importance in language acquisition was for many years neglected. One of the most important aspects of aptitude research involves an attempt to accurately ascertain its constituent parts …
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The utility of the Revised Nonreading Aptitude Test Battery vs. the General Aptitude Test Battery
The study focused on the aptitude test performances of intellectually sub-normal subjects on the Nonreading Aptitude Test Battery (R-NATB) vs. the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB). There were two research questions investigated: (1) Are there performance differences on the RNATB vs. GATB of …
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Aptitude in L2 and L3 Learners of German
This study aims at contributing to the notoriously under-researched field of
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The Relationship Between Musical Aptitude and Reading Achievement
… to examine the relationship between musical aptitude scores and reading achievement scores of upper elementary students. The variables analyzed include a test presenting musical aptitude scores and a test presenting reading achievement scores. The following problem and hypothesis were …
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The Relationship Between Reading Attitudes and Verbal Aptitude
… there is a significant difference between verbal aptitude as measured by the SAT and reading attitude. Group i (students who have positive attitudes toward reading) had significantly higher scores than group 2 (those students who have neutral attitudes toward reading) and Group 3 (those students …
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Freshmen Transition Advisory Program: Achievement, Aptitude and Attitude
At Contemporary High School a small group of students were identified as failing multiple courses; investigation revealed that attendance and/or disciplinary issues were not the cause. After working with the students, the reason was clear. The students did not care, and they believed no one else …
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A study of vocational interest achievement and scholastic aptitude
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The role of visual-spatial aptitude in accounting coursework
… some variation in student performance by aptitude, attitude, and experience variables, as well as gender. The unexplained portion of variance, however, suggests the existence of unidentified variables. This study examines the relationship of visual-spatial aptitude (VSA) to student …
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Kindergarten Students' tonal Pattern Creativity and Developmental Music Aptitude
… creativity achievement and developmental music aptitude among kindergarten students? Twenty-one students of one intact kindergarten class participated in the study. Students were administered both sub-tests of the Primary Measures of Music Audiation. The investigator developed a tonal pattern …
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Musical Aptitude, Personality Traits, and Perception of Musical Elements
… the relationships between measures of musical aptitude, general intelligence, the personality traits of psychoticism, extraversion, and neuroticism, and muscial achievement among elementary school children. Content analyses of Silver Burdett Music (1974), Discovering
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Statistical Indices of the Appropriateness of Aptitude Test Scores
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Sex and ethnic differences in aptitude indicator measurement models/
… error. The validity and reliability of six aptitude tests administered to high school seniors in the High School and Beyond (HSB) national longitudinal study were investigated for white, black and Mexican-American males and females. The tests were found to be valid measures of the same …
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A psychometric assessment of scholastic aptitude tests used in Zambia
… Zambia uses a special paper as a scholastic aptitude test. The paper h" origin and even though it has been in use for more two decades, it has no manual and its validity and reliability has it been assessed.The present study's objective was to assess the validity and reliability of the …
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Learning disabled college students: A psychological assessment of scholastic aptitude
… normal retention. Standardized achievement and aptitude tests which are crucial in meeting entrance requirements at an undergraduate and graduate level, require rapid and accurate reading and are assumed to present a special difficulty for students with reading disabilities. It has been …
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Differential Item Functioning on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
… methodologies, the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) was examined for differential item functioning (DIF) on the basis of crossed gender and ethnicity variables. Both the Mantel-Haenszel procedure and an IRT area-based technique were utilized to assess the degree of uniform …
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The Assessment of Cognitive Development and Writing Aptitude Within Learning Communities
… students' cognitive development and writing aptitude. Cognitive development theory has been most significantly influenced by the work of William G. Perry, Jr. Though no theory exists which would address the stages of writing development in university students, many composition theorists …
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The effect of home musical environment on child attitude and aptitude
… affects a child's attitude towards and aptitude in music. Factors that were explored were parent attitudes, parent music background, child attitudes, child aptitudes, age, and gender roles. Parents (N=95) from a suburban elementary school completed an online survey to determine the …
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WISC-R and WISC-III aptitude scores: How comparable are they?
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