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Peer reviewedNiaz, Mansoor – International Journal of Science Education, 1988
Investigated were the relation between functional M-capacity and student performance in solving chemistry problems of increasing M-demand. Student performance decreased as the M-demand of the problems increased. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Structures
Download full textMartinez, Joseph G. R.; Martinez, Nancy C. – 1987
Researchers of writing ability have often applied the developmental schemes of William Perry, Lev Vygotsky, and Jean Piaget in describing basic writers. As a result, some researchers have concluded that basic writers think well below the formal-operations or true concept-formation stage of cognitive development. To investigate the theory that…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, College Students
Peer reviewedHudak, Mary A.; Anderson, David E. – Teaching of Psychology, 1990
Studies 94 undergraduate students in introductory statistics and computer science courses. Applies Formal Operations Reasoning Test (FORT) and Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI). Finds that substantial numbers of students have not achieved the formal operation level of cognitive maturity. Emphasizes need to examine students learning style and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Ability
