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Individual Learner Differences

Individual Learner Differences is a construct in the field of applied linguistics and educational psychology that refers to the stable, measurable variations among learners in cognitive, affective, and sociocultural factors influencing the rate, trajectory, and ultimate attainment in second language acquisition.

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Variants

Learner Differences

Parents

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Motivational and self-regulated learning components of classroom academic performance.

Paul R. Pintrich, Elisabeth Vialpando De Groot · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1990 · 7.8K citations

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Matthew Effects in Reading: Some Consequences of Individual Differences in the Acquisition of Literacy

Keith E. Stanovich · Reading Research Quarterly · 1986 · 5.2K citations

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Individual differences in need for cognitive closure.

Donna M. Webster, Arie W. Kruglanski · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1994 · 1.9K citations

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Identity and Language Learning: Gender, Ethnicity and Educational Change

Yoon-kyung Yim, Bonny Norton · TESOL Quarterly · 2001 · 1.8K citations

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Individual differences in need for cognitive closure.

Donna M. Webster, Arie W. Kruglanski · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1994 · 1.7K citations

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Authors

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  1. JD
    Jean‐Marc Dewaele

    Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom

    22 publications · 2.1K citations

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  2. RL
    Richard L. Sparks

    Mount St. Joseph University, United States

    16 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. RL
    Rebecca L. Oxford

    University of Alabama, United States

    16 publications · 4K citations

    14

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  4. MJ
    Margaret J. Snowling

    University of York, United Kingdom

    14 publications · 2.1K citations

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  5. PL
    Phillip L. Ackerman

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    14 publications · 2.7K citations

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Institutions

2K

  1. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    28 h-index

    85 publications

    8.3K citations

  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    28 h-index

    80 publications

    6.9K citations

  3. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    27 h-index

    52 publications

    5.4K citations

  4. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    27 h-index

    60 publications

    4.9K citations

  5. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    27 h-index

    69 publications

    5.9K citations

  6. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    26 h-index

    53 publications

    4.4K citations

  7. Google (United States)

    Mountain View, United States

    26 h-index

    89 publications

    6.2K citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    25 h-index

    65 publications

    16.5K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Educational Psychology

    101 publications · 20.5K citations

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  2. Language Learning

    78 publications · 10.7K citations

    48

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  3. Modern Language Journal

    MLJ · 70 publications · 8.5K citations

    43

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  4. Frontiers in Psychology

    77 publications · 4.2K citations

    35

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  5. Learning and Individual Differences

    64 publications · 3.9K citations

    34

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