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Wüstenberg, Sascha; Greiff, Samuel; Vainikainen, Mari-Pauliina; Murphy, Kevin – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Changes in the demands posed by increasingly complex workplaces in the 21st century have raised the importance of nonroutine skills such as complex problem solving (CPS). However, little is known about the antecedents and outcomes of CPS, especially with regard to malleable external factors such as classroom climate. To investigate the relations…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Problem Solving, Difficulty Level, Foreign Countries
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Stolt, Suvi; Lehtonen, Liisa; Haataja, Leena; Lapinleimu, Helena – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2012
The aim of the present study was to analyze early vocalization development, the predictive value of this development in terms of later language skills, and possible gender difference in early vocalization development in a selected cohort of 32 very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) children and 35 full-term controls. The data on early vocalization…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Language Skills, Gender Differences, Linguistic Performance
Lehtovaara, A. – 1969
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of part of a comprehensive research project concerning the Finnish matriculation examination. The goal of the project was to explore the matriculation examination as a series of tests indicative of ability differences between individuals, regardless of their causes. The…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Abstracts, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Testing
Kyostio, O. K. – 1969
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a study of the prognostic value of handicraft training in Finnish school for subsequent success in school and on the job. The study raised several related questions--techniques of work appraisal, citizenship, school streaming, and trial periods at vocational schools. The…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Abstracts, Career Guidance, Educational Testing
Tuunainen, Kari – 1985
Adapted screening devices and teacher observation were used in a 1974 study of 1003 Finnish students (ages 6-8) in an effort to predict future learning difficulties. Six areas were assessed: gross motor skills, sensory-motor integration, perceptual-motor skills, arithmetic skills, socioemotional adjustment, and verbal ability. In a follow-up study…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Followup Studies, Foreign Countries, Handicap Identification
Koskenniemi, Matti – 1968
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of an investigation of a group of teacher applicants observed during the entrance examination, the training period of four years, and the first three years of teaching. The study was divided into four parts: (1) the effects of selection and training on the results of…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Educational Research, Inservice Teacher Education, Predictive Validity