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The Efficacy of the LearningRx Cognitive Training Program: Modality and Transfer Effects
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Hill, Oliver W.; Serpell, Zewelanji; Faison, M. Omar – Journal of Experimental Education, 2016
This article describes two studies testing the efficacy of a commercial one-on-one cognitive training program (LearningRx) and its computer-based version (Brainskills) in laboratory and school settings. Study 1 tested Brainskills in a laboratory setting with 322 middle school students. Paired "t"-tests revealed significant gains on all…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Individual Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Middle School Students
Taming Test Anxiety: The Activation of Failure-Related Concepts Enhances Cognitive Test Performance of Test-Anxious Students
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Tempel, Tobias; Neumann, Roland – Journal of Experimental Education, 2016
We investigated processes underlying performance decrements of highly test-anxious persons. Three experiments contrasted conditions that differed in the degree of activation of concepts related to failure. Participants memorized a list of words either containing words related to failure or containing no words related to failure in Experiment 1. In…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Cognitive Tests, Test Wiseness, Foreign Countries
The Advanced Raven's Progressive Matrices: Normative Data for an American University Population and an Examination of the Relationship with Spearman's g.
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Paul, Steven M. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1986
Normative data for the Advanced Raven's Progressive Matrices are presented based on 300 University of California, Berkeley, students. Correlations with the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and the Terman Concept Mastery Test are explored. The relationship between the Advanced Raven's Progressive Matrices and Spearman's g is explored. (Author)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Measurement, Comparative Testing, Correlation
A Rasch Analysis of Raven Item Data.
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Gallini, Joan K. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1983
The Rasch latent trait model was applied to investigate the relationship of performance on Raven items to expectations for individuals at different levels of the underlying scale. The use of Rasch model in instances of small samples and issues related to the interpretation of the model to Raven-type data are discussed. (DWH)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Goodness of Fit, Junior High Schools, Latent Trait Theory