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Bosco, Joseph A. – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1977
Utilizing Peel's and Hutson's instrumentations, the levels of abstraction of forty-one adult basic education students were assessed and then related to reading comprehension. The seven major findings indicated that there is a relationship between level of abstraction and reading comprehension. (EM)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Cognitive Measurement
Download full textStrahan, David B.; O'Sullivan, Rita – 1986
The purpose of this study was to examine for the middle grades how students' cognitive reasoning level contributes to the variability of their achievement test performance. While previous investigations have indicated that measures of reasoning development are associated with measures of achievement, few such studies have attempted to control for…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Tests
