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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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PISA Proficiency Scores Predict Educational Outcomes
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Fischbach, Antoine; Keller, Ulrich; Preckel, Franzis; Brunner, Martin – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
The "Programme for International Student Assessment" (PISA) examines the extent to which 15-year-old students who are near the end of compulsory education have acquired some of the competencies essential for participation in the labor market and society. Given that this participation hinges on educational attainment, it is crucial to empirically…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries, Compulsory Education
Chronotype, Cognitive Abilities, and Academic Achievement: A Meta-Analytic Investigation
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Preckel, Franzis; Lipnevich, Anastasiya A.; Schneider, Sandra; Roberts, Richard D. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
Four meta-analyses examined relationships between morningness and cognitive ability (total N=2177), eveningness and cognitive ability (total N=1519), morningness and academic achievement (total N=3220), and eveningness and academic achievement (total N=700). The analyses focused on the population effect size (to reveal the effect across studies)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Educational Policy, Cognitive Ability
The Benefit of Being a Big Fish in a Big Pond: Contrast and Assimilation Effects on Academic Self-Concept
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Preckel, Franzis; Brull, Matthias – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
This study investigates the effects of class-average ability (intelligence) and class type (gifted vs. regular) on Math academic self-concept. The sample comprised 722 fifth-grade students (376 female) in a setting of full-time ability grouping at the top track of the German secondary high school system. Students came from 34 different classes at…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Intelligence, Academically Gifted, Standardized Tests
Emotional Experiences during Test Taking: Does Cognitive Ability Make a Difference?
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Goetz, Thomas; Preckel, Franzis; Pekrun, Reinhard; Hall, Nathan C. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2007
This study examined test-related experiences of enjoyment, anger, anxiety, and boredom in a sample of 2059 German school students (50% female) from grade 6, and how they relate to students' abstract reasoning ability (ARA). Emotions were assessed immediately before, during, and after a mathematics achievement test. Analysis of variance showed that…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Ability Grouping