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Download full textLawson, Anton E. – 1986
This study hypothesized that subjects who display proportional responses on the Pouring Water Task have developed the ability to comprehend logical arguments of the form referred to as "reasoning to a contradiction," while subjects who display additive responses on the same task have not. To test this hypothesis, 100 additive and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, High Schools
Causey, Robert L. – Perspectives in Computing: Applications in the Academic and Scientific Community, 1987
Describes two interactive computer programs that simulate abstract relationships and require students to use inductive reasoning, form and test hypotheses, and analyze functions of systems and the reasoning processes required to understand them. Their development and use in college philosophy of science courses is outlined, and possible future…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Courseware
