<p>Gabriel Lins de Holanda Coelho:<br><br>I believe that you would serve as an excellent reviewer of the manuscript, "Predictive and incremental validity of Students’ Learning Approach Test (SLAT-Thinking)," which has been submitted to Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology. The submission's abstract is inserted below, and I hope that you will consider undertaking this important task for us.<br><br>Please log into the journal web site by 2021-03-07 to indicate whether you will undertake the review or not, as well as to access the submission and to record your review and recommendation.<br><br>The review itself is due 2021-03-21.<br><br>Submission URL: <a href='https://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP/reviewer/submission?submissionId=1514&reviewId=1000&key=acqLbf' class='submissionReviewUrl-style-class'>https://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP/reviewer/submission?submissionId=1514&reviewId=1000&key=acqLbf</a><br><br>Thank you for considering this request.<br><br>Dr. Melissa L. Morgan<br>University of California Santa Barbara<br>mmorgan@education.ucsb.edu<br><br><br><br>"Predictive and incremental validity of Students’ Learning Approach Test (SLAT-Thinking)"<br><br>Abstract</p>
<p>SLAT-Thinking is the only test that evaluates and distinguishes stages of approaches through performance. Although SLAT-Thinking shows evidence of internal validity, its external validity has not yet been examined. In this paper we study the predictive and incremental validities of SLAT-Thinking. Two models were tested. The predictors were inductive reasoning, SLAT-Thinking approaches and Learning Approaches Scale (EABAP) approaches. The outcome was the Brazilian large-scale exam that evaluates the students that finish secondary education. In both models, the superficial approach of SLAT-Thinking was the main predictor, followed by inductive reasoning. The inductive reasoning and both the deep and superficial approaches of SLAT-Thinking were positively associated with academic achievement. while the deep intermediate approach was negatively associated to outcome. Non-linear relationships (positive and negative associations) were found in the two EABAP approaches with the outcome. This study shows evidence of predictive and incremental validity of SLAT-Thinking.</p>
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