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Martin, Jessie D.; Shipstead, Zach; Harrison, Tyler L.; Redick, Thomas S.; Bunting, Michael; Engle, Randall W. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2020
This study uses a novel framework based on work by Shipstead, Harrison, and Engle (2016) that includes measures of both working memory capacity and fluid intelligence in an attempt to better understand the processes that influence successful reading comprehension at the latent level. Further, we extend this framework to a second educationally…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Short Term Memory, Intelligence
Wakeman, Susanne – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In order to be successful in an educational setting, a student must acquire a particular register of language specific to academia, or an academic register. It cannot be acquired through ordinary social intercourse. It is specific to school. Acquiring the academic register is the greatest challenge English Learners (EL) face during their academic…
Descriptors: Predictive Measurement, Biology, Science Tests, Science Education