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Measures of executive function : convergent validity and links to academic achievement in preschool

Creator:: Duncan, Robert J.
Abstract:: Executive functions (including attentional shifting/flexibility, working memory, and inhibitory control) are strong predictors of children's early school success (Blair & Razza, 2007; Espy et al., 2004). The current study explored questions related to measurement of executive functions in preschool-aged children. Convergent and predictive validity were assessed for two traditional executive...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: successful in the classroom. The behavioral aspects of executive functions include the ability to sit

The significance of paternal education and occupation as contributing factors in the identification of managerial motivation in the high school senior boy

Creator:: Cain, Lewis Albert
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , either instrumental or final. While the primary emphasis of this study is on the ability of the Miner

The selection and training of supervisory personnel

Creator:: Johnson, Kermit Milton
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Page Eligibility Thr Promotion to Executive Positions

Mental activity standards in clerical operations

Creator:: Chakraborty, Bhubaneswar
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: area of cost analysis. Sample testing indicates a fairly good correla- tion between estimated and

The relationship of certain mathematics skills to success of students in introductory community college chemistry

Creator:: Perkins, Raymond David
Abstract:: This study was designed to identify those specific mathematics computational and application skills, and combinations of mathematics skills, which have a positive relationship to success in introductory chemistry for community college students. Additional areas of interest investigated, but secondary to the main study, were the relationships between mathematical growth shown...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: success, and comparisons of mathematics ability and chemistry success between those students who had, and

The effect of previewing words on timed writings

Creator:: Harrison, Marion E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to supply information that would help improve typing courses by identifying successful skillbuilding practices and to provide students with a means of increasing speed and/or accuracy during timed writings. More specifically, the purpose of this study was to answer the question: Does the previewing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of increasing typing ability. Speed Score: The amount of typing strokes computed in word form that

Determining the reliability and validity of the Clinton mechanical ability tests

Creator:: Oliver, Frank Wesley
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of mechanical ability as it is con- cerned in aptitude testing. It seems desirable that some

Verbal-numerical achievement in a required college physical science course and some personality correlates

Creator:: Saunders, Walter Lane
Abstract:: Considerable evidence exists to suggest the notion that selected personality traits may be related to specific aspects of academic achievement. This study was directed toward the investigation of this relationship in the case of non-science majors enrolled in a college course in physical science. Personality was assessed with the California...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Scholastic Aptitude Examination. 21. Summary of hypothesis testing. 69 VERBAL-NUMERICAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A

A study of the effects of summer vacation activities on the reading ability of elementary school children

Creator:: Florence, Ninette Leona
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not there was any change in reading achievement level of elementary school children during the summer vacation, and whether or not identifiable factors existed that may have accounted for these changes. Children in the first through fifth grades in three...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the reading ability of elementary school children AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Ninette Leona

A study of the relationship between a cloze and a word opposite reading vocabulary placement instrument designed for adults

Creator:: Orr, Evelyn Bonnie Fairburn
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of placing adults in reading materials based on scores from a word-opposite test. The population was randomly selected from students attending developmental education classes at three Oregon community colleges. The Word Opposite Reading Placement Instrument (WOPI) was derived from a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: adult's reading ability are the standardized reading test, the informal reading inventory and the

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Measures of executive function : convergent validity and links to academic achievement in preschool

The significance of paternal education and occupation as contributing factors in the identification of managerial motivation in the high school senior boy

The selection and training of supervisory personnel

Mental activity standards in clerical operations

The relationship of certain mathematics skills to success of students in introductory community college chemistry

The effect of previewing words on timed writings

Determining the reliability and validity of the Clinton mechanical ability tests

Verbal-numerical achievement in a required college physical science course and some personality correlates

A study of the effects of summer vacation activities on the reading ability of elementary school children

A study of the relationship between a cloze and a word opposite reading vocabulary placement instrument designed for adults

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