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A Teacher-Report Measure of Children's Task-Avoidant Behavior: A Validation Study of the Behavioral Strategy Rating Scale
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Zhang, Xiao; Nurmi, Jari-Erik; Kiuru, Noona; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina; Aunola, Kaisa – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
This study aims to validate a teacher-report measure of children's task-avoidant behavior, namely the Behavioral Strategy Rating Scale (BSRS), in a sample of 352 Finnish children. In each of the four waves from Kindergarten to Grade 2, teachers rated children's task-avoidant behavior using the BSRS, children completed reading and mathematics…
Descriptors: Test Items, Validity, Mathematics Tests, Rating Scales
Foreign Language Pronunciation Skills and Musical Aptitude: A Study of Finnish Adults with Higher Education
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Milovanov, Riia; Pietila, Paivi; Tervaniemi, Mari; Esquef, Paulo A. A. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
The main aim of this study was to examine second language production and discrimination skills in the light of musical aptitude. Our study was conducted in university settings in south-western Finland. English was used as a model for the second language due to its popularity among young adults. There were three types of tests used in this study: a…
Descriptors: Music, Aptitude, Phonemics, Higher Education