The 'heart and soul' effort item is suitable for learning contexts in Mandarin Chinese and Spanish but not in the other interviewed cultures¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Testing of the 'lifeblood' item during interviews showed it fits effort expression in Mandarin Chinese and Spanish learning contexts only. → Tino Endres 2025

Evidence¶

Tino Endres 2025¶

Tino Endres, Lisa Bender, Stoo Sepp, Shirong Zhang, Louise David, Melanie Trypke, et al. (2025). Developing the Mental Effort and Load–Translingual Scale (MEL‑TS) as a Foundation for Translingual Research in Self‑Regulated Learning. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09978-8

q2 · i? · qualitative · r?

Qualitative interview finding from the translation phase with bilingual participants. The article reports the "lifeblood"-item test "revealed that this expression of effort is suitable for learning contexts in Mandarin Chinese and Spanish, but not in the other cultures interviewed". Descriptive qualitative result; no effect size.

"Finally, our test of the "lifeblood"-item revealed that this expression of effort is suitable for learning contexts in Mandarin Chinese and Spanish, but not in the other cultures interviewed."

Discussion¶

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