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Kemper, M. J.; Verhoeven, L.; Bosman, A. M. T. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
The study aimed to compare the differential effectiveness of explicit and implicit instruction of two Dutch spelling rules. Students with and without spelling disabilities were instructed a spelling rule either implicitly or explicitly in two experiments. Effects were tested in a pretest-intervention-posttest control group design. Experiment 1…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Spelling, Control Groups, Indo European Languages
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Dosseville, Fabrice; Laborde, Sylvain; Scelles, Nicolas – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
We investigated the influence of music during learning on the academic performance of undergraduate students, and more particularly the influence of affects induced by music. Altogether 249 students were involved in the study, divided into a control group and an experimental group. Both groups attended the same videotaped lecture, with the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Classical Music, Lecture Method, Classroom Environment
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Barth, Amy E.; Stuebing, Karla K.; Anthony, Jason L.; Denton, Carolyn A.; Mathes, Patricia G.; Fletcher, Jack M.; Francis, David J. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2008
In order to better understand the extent to which operationalizations of response to intervention (RTI) overlap and agree in identifying adequate and inadequate responders, an existing database of 399 first grade students was evaluated in relation to cut-points, measures, and methods frequently cited for the identification of inadequate responders…
Descriptors: Intervention, Grade 1, Teaching Methods, Feedback (Response)
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Janssen, Anne B.; Geiser, Christian – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
Individual differences in solution strategies have frequently been reported for different measures of mental rotation (MR) ability. In the present study (N=346 German students), we investigated the relationship between solution strategies on two tests commonly used to identify different patterns of strategies: the Mental Rotations Test (MRT;…
Descriptors: Females, Validity, Instructional Effectiveness, Males
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Haugwitz, Marion; Nesbit, John C.; Sandmann, Angela – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
Data were gathered from 248 secondary students (14 years old, 56% female) who learned about the circulatory system in 77 self-selected collaborative groups. The learning outcomes of biology students who summarised by collaborative concept mapping were compared with those of students who summarised by collaborative writing. Learning groups randomly…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Collaborative Writing, Biology, Anatomy