Learning behaviors in the class
the next generation of evaluations and intervention
Keywords:
Academic achievement, Classroom behavior, LearningAbstract
In the current article, we discuss the traditional role that has had the intelligence testing in to the assessment of the academic achievement, regarding its predictive influence. The current focus point out new and potential assessment path, with an appropriate balance between the cost and benefit of the use of new instruments. As example of the importance of the learning behaviors in the classroom and their successful predictive role of the school achievement, we describe recent discoveries on an instrument to measure such learning behaviors. Finally, we discuss about the effects moderators of contextual variables on the learning behaviors.
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