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Direct linkMaki, Ruth H.; Shields, Micheal; Wheeler, Amanda Easton; Zacchilli, Tammy Lowery – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2005
The authors investigated absolute and relative metacomprehension accuracy as a function of verbal ability in college students. Students read hard texts, revised texts, or a mixed set of texts. They then predicted their performance, took a multiple-choice test on the texts, and made posttest judgments about their performance. With hard texts,…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Individual Differences, College Students, Verbal Ability
Peer reviewedWhitely, Susan E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1976
The results indicate that although relational concepts influence the cognitive aptitudes which are reflected in analogy item performance, success in solving analogies does not depend on individual differences in some major aspects of processing relationships. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Individual Differences
Peer reviewedNevo, Baruch; Spector, Amos – Journal of Educational Research, 1979
No correlation was found between test scores and time to test completion in a study of psychology and chemistry students taking multiple-choice tests with no time restrictions. (Editor)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Students, Conceptual Tempo, Individual Differences
Download full textMiller, T. W.; Weiss, David J. – 1976
Three related experimental studies analyzed rate and accuracy of test response under time-limit and no-time-limit conditions. Test instructions and multiple-choice vocabulary items were administered by computer. Student volunteers received monetary rewards under both testing conditions. In the first study college students were blocked into high-…
Descriptors: Ability, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Oriented Programs
Yachimowicz, David J.; And Others – 1990
The psychometric properties of a paper-and-pencil instrument for assessing individual differences in cerebral dominance are explored. The instrument, Your Style of Learning and Thinking (SOLAT), contains 50 multiple-choice questions. The study subjects consisted of three groups: 235 undergraduate and graduate students, 124 undergraduate and…
Descriptors: Adults, Brain Hemisphere Functions, College Students, Comparative Testing
