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Larson, Gerald E.; Alderton, David L. – Intelligence, 1990
To clarify the relationships between reaction time (RT) variability and intelligence, RT distributions from 303 male Navy recruits were partitioned into 16 fast-to-slow latency bands calculated with measures of mental ability. The slowest bands (worst trials) were the best predictors of intelligence and working memory performance. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Individual Differences
Veenman, Marcel V. J.; Elshout, Jan J. – 1991
Predictors of novice learning in simulation environments were investigated in the domain of statistics. The first objective was to clarify the relation between intellectual ability and working method (e.g., orientation and systematical orderliness), and to determine the effects on learning of working method, independently of intellectual ability.…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
DE CHARMS, RICHARD; JORDAN, THOMAS E. – 1959
THE CONCEPTUAL AND EMPIRICAL STATUS OF ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION WAS EVALUATED WITH RESPECT TO ESTABLISHING AN OBJECTIVE, QUANTIFIED, PREDICTIVE MEASURE OF SCHOOL PERFORMANCE FOR MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN. COMPARATIVE ANALYSES WERE MADE AMONG 3 SUBJECT SAMPLES--(1) A CONTROL GROUP OF 60 NORMAL CHILDREN, (2) AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 42 MENTAL…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Handicapped Children