We examine how language acquisition affects immigrant earnings growth for Soviet immigrants to Israel. Using retrospective information on linguistic proficiency to control for time-invariant heterogeneity in ability reveals that language complements high-skill occupations. Improved Hebrew accounts for 2/3 to 3/4 of the differential in earnings growth between immigrant and native programmers and...

This article presents a historical review of how inconsistency in assessment center ratings has been regarded among AC researchers and practitioners, then compares these perspectives to views of inconsistency found in personality psychology. Based on this review, the authors argue for a return to the study of consistency as an individual difference, rather than as simple measurement error. They...

Procedural simulation will be a revolutionary change in how health care providers maintain their proficiency and skill. Visionary leaders are already examining how this educational technique will be integrated into traditional curricula, and interventional specialties will be at the leading edge of this revolution. The role must be defined that simulation will play, new educational models must ...

THE PREVALENCE OF INJURY PREVENTION PROGRAMS CONTINUES TO INCREASE, BUT THE INJURY RATES REMAIN CONSTANT. THESE PROGRAMS USE A BLOCK PRACTICE SCHEDULE AND CLOSED-SKILL EXERCISES, BUT GAMES ARE RANDOM AND INVOLVE OPEN SKILLS. TO IMPROVE THE EFFICACY OF THE NEUROMUSCULAR TRAINING PROGRAMS AND TREND THE INJURY RATE DOWNWARD, THESE PROGRAMS SHOULD INCORPORATE MOTOR LEARNING THEORY. BY INCORPORATING...

Deficits in emotion regulation have been identified as an important risk and maintaining factor for depression. The aim of this study was to examine the long-term effects of emotion regulation on symptoms of depression. Moreover, we investigated which specific emotion regulation skills were associated with subsequent symptoms of depression. Participants were 116 individuals (78% women, average ...

Observable structure of variability presents a window into the underlying processes of skill acquisition, especially when the task affords a manifold of solutions to the desired task result. This study examined skill acquisition by analyzing variability in both its distributional and temporal structure. Using a virtual throwing task, data distributions were analyzed by the Tolerance, Noise, Cov...

Among the requirements for engineering programs, Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) criteria student outcomes require students to have ability communicate effectively with a range audiences, recognize ethical professional responsibilities, function on team, apply new knowledge. A review literature skills comprised within these ABET determined 26 topics necessary entry-leve...

BACKGROUND Studies demonstrate that both doctors and patients may use adrenaline auto-injector improperly and the usage skills are improved by training. In this study, we aimed to determine the appropriate frequency of training to maintain skills for adrenaline auto-injector use. METHODS We invited all interns of 2011-2012 training period. At baseline, all participants were given theoretical ...

Individual differences in skill acquisition are influenced by several architectural factors. According to Ackerman’s theory, general intelligence, speed of proceduralization and psychomotor speed influence different stages of skill acquisition. The ACT-R cognitive architecture allows for direct testing of this theory by manipulating parameters that correspond to these factors. The present study...