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ERIC Number: EJ547538
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0023-8333
An Analysis of the Relationships between Test Takers' Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategy Use and Second Language Test Performance.
Purpura, James Enos
Language Learning, v47 n2 p289-325 Jun 1997
Investigates the relationship between test takers' strategy and their performance on second-language tests (SLTP) comprising an 80-item Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategy Questionnaire and a 70-item standardized language test. Results explain SLTP by grammar and reading ability; cognitive processing by comprehending, storing, and retrieval processes; and metacognitive processing by one general assessment factor. (76 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Tests, Learning Strategies, Memory, Metacognition, Questionnaires, Second Language Learning, Standardized Tests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Czech Republic; Spain; Turkey