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Representation and Process in Linear Syllogistic Reasoning.
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Sternberg, Robert J. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 1980
Four experiments compared three alternative models of linear syllogistic reasoning: (1) linguistic; (2) spatial; and (3) mixed linguistic-spatial. The mixed model, indicating the importance of both verbal and spatial ability, was supported by all four experiments, and for about three-fourths of the undergraduate students studied. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Cues, Higher Education
Testing Intelligence Without I.Q. Tests.
Sternberg, Robert J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
Standardized intelligence quotient tests should be supplemented and/or replaced by new tests that (1) emphasize the consequentiality of test material and speed selection rather than speed, (2) minimize demands on prior knowledge and test anxiety, and (3) measure intelligence according to three general classes: problem-solving ability, verbal…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, Intelligence, Intelligence Quotient
Two Faces of Verbal Ability.
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Sincoff, Julie B.; Sternberg, Robert J. – Intelligence, 1987
Two aspects of verbal ability are required for performance of verbal tasks: verbal comprehension (given the most attention); and verbal fluency (slighted by researchers). An information processing approach to how words are generated was used in two studies of 104 third and 61 sixth graders to clarify the relationships between verbal fluency and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 6
Development of Verbal Fluency Abilities and Strategies in Elementary-School-Age Children.
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Sincoff, Julie B.; Sternberg, Robert J. – Developmental Psychology, 1988
Positively correlated were verbal fluency scores and scores for strategies expected to distinguish levels of verbal fluency among 64 third-graders and 71 sixth-graders. When a smaller sample of similarly aged students completed expanded versions of tasks, results revealed grade and gender differences in strategy use and level of task performance.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Comprehending Verbal Comprehension.
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Sternberg, Robert J.; Powell, Janet S. – American Psychologist, 1983
Reviews three alternative cognitive approaches for verbal comprehension. Discusses a theory of learning from context and cites empirical data to support the theory. Presents a componential framework for understanding verbal comprehension and suggests that the ability to acquire information from context is a key source of individual differences in…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Context Clues
Developmental Patterns in the Solution of Verbal Analogies.
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Sternberg, Robert J.; Nigro, Georgia – Child Development, 1980
Examines developmental patterns in the solution of verbal analogies. Twenty subjects in each of grades 3, 6, 9, and in college were tested on their relative abilities to solve 180 verbal analogies based on five different verbal relations. (CM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Stages
An Aptitude X Strategy Interaction in Linear Syllogistic Reasoning.
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Sternberg, Robert J.; Weil, Evelyn M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
This study demonstrated an aptitude-strategy interaction in linear syllogistic reasoning; specifically, that the efficiency of each of four alternative strategies for solving linear syllogisms would depend on subjects' verbal and spatial abilities. The four strategies, as well as research methods in aptitude-treatment interaction, are discussed.…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Processes, Componential Analysis, Higher Education