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Peer reviewedKarplus, Robert; And Others – School Science and Mathematics, 1980
Reported is a study involving six group administered tasks concerning proportional, probablistic, and correlational reasoning with 505 students aged 11.5 to 20.0 years. Investigated were the effectiveness of the tasks for assessing formal reasoning; categories of classification for students' responses and implications for teaching are suggested by…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Download full textCepni, Salih; Ozsevgec, Tuncay; Cerrah, Lale – Online Submission, 2004
Students' abstract reasoning abilities can differ from one society to another. Students' profiles play significant roles in these differences. The aim of the study is to determine the relationship between middle school students' cognitive development levels and their profiles (age, gender, and science achievement) using the Science Cognitive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Middle School Students, Middle Schools
Newton, Roger; And Others – 1981
Reported are results of a study designed to determine developmental patterns in proportional reasoning and to determine if these patterns are similar regardless of educational level and regardless of problem context. Data from 2282 subjects in grades 6-13 were collected using the Test of Logical Thinking (TOLT), and then examined for subjects who…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Biological Sciences, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
