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Response Time Analysis in Cognitive Tasks with Increasing Difficulty
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Dodonov, Yury S.; Dodonova, Yulia A. – Intelligence, 2012
In the present study, speeded tasks with differing assumed difficulties of the trials are regarded as a special class of simple cognitive tasks. Exploratory latent growth modeling with data-driven shape of a growth curve and nonlinear structured latent curve modeling with predetermined monotonically increasing functions were used to analyze…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Intervals, Reaction Time, Cognitive Ability
The Nature of Creativity: Cognitive and Confluence Perspectives
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Megalakaki, Olga; Craft, Anna; Cremin, Teresa – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2012
In the present psychology-informed literature review we address some aspects of the nature of creativity from cognitive and confluence perspectives. The authors begin by discussing models of creativity offered by cognitive and confluence approaches, focusing on the transition from univariate to multivariate models. The article explores what these…
Descriptors: Creativity, Psychometrics, Intellectual Disciplines, Multiple Intelligences
WICS: A Model for College and University Admissions
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Sternberg, Robert J.; Bonney, Christina R.; Gabora, Liane; Merrifield, Maegan – Educational Psychologist, 2012
This article outlines shortcomings of currently used university admissions tests and discusses ways in which they could potentially be improved, summarizing two projects designed to enhance college and university admissions. The projects were inspired by the augmented theory of successful intelligence, according to which successful intelligence…
Descriptors: Intelligence, College Students, Grade Point Average, Prediction
Adopting the Transformational Leadership Perspective in a Complex Research Environment
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Atkinson, Timothy N.; Pilgreen, Tom – Research Management Review, 2011
Transformational Leadership is a popular topic among leadership scholars, but for research administrators, Transformational Leadership might seem like an enigmatic approach given its various contexts. Research administrators might think the transformational approach is only for executives, or that they do not have enough staff to call themselves…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Transformational Leadership, Research Administration, Attribution Theory
"Old Habits Die Hard:" Past and Current Issues Pertaining to Response-to-Intervention
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Restori, Alberto F.; Gresham, Frank M.; Cook, Clayton R. – California School Psychologist, 2008
When Congress passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act in 2004 (IDEIA 2004), local educational agencies (LEA) were permitted to use a Response-to-Intervention (RtI) approach for identifying children with possible learning disabilities for special education. Furthermore, IDEIA 2004 no longer required LEAs to establish an…
Descriptors: Intervention, Federal Legislation, Learning Disabilities, Intelligence Tests
Intellectual Competence and Academic Performance: Preliminary Validation of a Model
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Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas; Arteche, Adriane – Intelligence, 2008
The present study provides a preliminary empirical test of [Chamorro-Premuzic, T., & Furnham, A. (2004). A possible model to understand the personality-intelligence interface. "British Journal of Psychology," 95, 249-264], [Chamorro-Premuzic, T., & Furnham, A. (2006a). Intellectual competence and the intelligent personality: A…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Academic Achievement, Models, Validity