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Effects of a Memory Strategy on Second-Graders' Performance and Self-Efficacy

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Gaskill, Pamela J.; Murphy, P. Karen – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2004

This study investigated the mediating effects of learning a memory strategy on second-graders' performance of a memory task and their self-efficacy for the task. Specifically, second-graders were taught a strategy for organizing words into categories to increase their ability to remember lists of words. Their predictions of how many words they…

Descriptors: Memory, Grade 2, Self Efficacy, Cognitive Ability

Validity of General Outcome Measures for Predicting Secondary Students' Performance on Content-Area Tasks.

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Espin, Christine A.; Foegen, Anne – Exceptional Children, 1996

This study investigated the validity of 3 curriculum-based measures for predicting the performance of 184 secondary students (including 13 with mild disabilities) on content-area tasks. Reliable correlations were found between oral reading, maze, and vocabulary measures; and students' performance on comprehension, acquisition, and retention of…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Content Area Reading, Curriculum Based Assessment, Memory