Verbal memory test scores correlate positively with intrinsic academic motivation scores in junior high but not elementary students¶
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q3 i2 Digit span forward score correlated positively with intrinsic academic motivation score in junior high students (r = .262), and digit span forward and kana comprehension scores intercorrelated (r = .182). → Mizuno K 2011
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Mizuno K 2011¶
Mizuno K, Tanaka M, Fukuda S, Imai-Matsumura K, Watanabe Y. (2011). Relationship between cognitive function and prevalence of decrease in intrinsic academic motivation in adolescents. Behavioral and Brain Functions 7:4. https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-9081-7-4
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Pearson correlation analysis in junior high students (Table 2). Digit span forward r = .262, list learning r = .209, list recall r = .186, story comprehension r = .264 (all p < .05); the discussion reports the digit span-kana comprehension correlation as "r = .182, p = .038".
"In the junior high school students, the scores for list learning and list recall tests, digit span forward test, and comprehension of the story in the kana pick-out test were positively correla-ted with intrinsic academic motivation score."
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Related Claims¶
- Low digit span forward test score is associated with decreased intrinsic academic motivation in junior high school students — related
- Low kana pick-out story comprehension score is associated with decreased intrinsic academic motivation in junior high school students — related
- Prevalence of decreased intrinsic academic motivation is approximately twice as high in junior high as in elementary students — related
- No cognitive test score is associated with decreased intrinsic academic motivation in elementary school students — related
- Intrinsic academic motivation scores are lower in 7th- and 8th-grade junior high students than in 4th-grade elementary students — related
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Verbal memory test scores correlate positively with intrinsic academic motivation scores in junior high but not elementary students |
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Verbal memory test scores correlate positively with intrinsic academic motivation scores in junior high but not elementary students |
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