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Peer reviewedLawry, Janice A.; And Others – Child Development, 1983
Both between- and within-group differences in children ages nine to eleven identified as having reflective or impulsive cognitive tempos. Cognitive tempo was first assessed using Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures test, and children were later tested on the Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Difficulty Level, Individual Differences, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedHeckel, Robert V.; And Others – Journal of Psychology, 1981
Measures of latency and accuracy and self-ratings of performance on Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFFT) were found to significantly differentiate between college students self-rated as high- and low-success problem solvers. Results suggest a need for training low-success, impulsive problem solvers in more effective problem-solving…
Descriptors: College Students, Conceptual Tempo, Higher Education, Individual Differences
