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Search Fluency as a Misleading Measure of Memory
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Stone, Sean M.; Storm, Benjamin C. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2021
Retrieval fluency can affect the metacognitive judgments people make about their memory. In a study by Benjamin, Bjork, and Schwartz (1998), participants predicted they would be better able to recall the answers to questions they retrieved more quickly than the answers to questions they retrieved more slowly, despite actual performance going in…
Descriptors: Memory, Search Strategies, Metacognition, Decision Making
When in Rome: Maximizing L2 Pragmatic Development in Study Abroad
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Morris, Kimberly – L2 Journal, 2023
The onset of COVID-19 has prompted world language professionals to reconceptualize best practices in second language (L2) teaching and research during a time of limited interaction due to social distancing across the globe (Morris, 2022). Not surprisingly, study abroad programs that once fostered communicative and intercultural development were…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Study Abroad
The Sarchasm: Sarcasm Production and Identification in Spontaneous Conversation
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Fox Tree, Jean E.; D'Arcey, J. Trevor; Hammond, Alicia A.; Larson, Alina S. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
We tested sarcasm production and identification across original communicators in a spontaneously produced conversational setting, including testing the role of synchronous movement on sarcasm production and identification. Before communicating, stranger dyads participated in either a synchronous or nonsynchronous movement task. They then completed…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Language Usage, Task Analysis, Interpersonal Communication
Low Inter-Rater Reliability of a High Stakes Performance Assessment of Teacher Candidates
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Lyness, Scott A.; Peterson, Kent; Yates, Kenneth – Education Sciences, 2021
The Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT) is a high stakes summative assessment that was designed to measure pre-service teacher readiness. We examined the inter-rater reliability (IRR) of trained PACT evaluators who rated 19 candidates. As measured by Cohen's weighted kappa, the overall IRR estimate was 0.17 (poor strength of…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Performance Based Assessment, Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Language
Sex Differences in Mental Rotation Tasks: Not Just in the Mental Rotation Process!
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Boone, Alexander P.; Hegarty, Mary – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2017
The paper-and-pencil Mental Rotation Test (Vandenberg & Kuse, 1978) consistently produces large sex differences favoring men (Voyer, Voyer, & Bryden, 1995). In this task, participants select 2 of 4 answer choices that are rotations of a probe stimulus. Incorrect choices (i.e., foils) are either mirror reflections of the probe or…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Cognitive Processes, Spatial Ability, Cognitive Tests
Learners' Willingness to Communicate in Face-to-Face versus Oral Computer-Mediated Communication
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Yanguas, Íñigo; Flores, Alayne – JALT CALL Journal, 2014
The present study had two main goals: to explore performance differences in a task-based environment between face-to-face (FTF) and oral computer-mediated communication (OCMC) groups, and to investigate the relationship between trait-like willingness to communicate (WTC) and performance in the FTF and OCMC groups. Students from two intact…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Oral Language, Communication Strategies, Interpersonal Communication