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Peer reviewedThibodeau, Janice – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1980
An investigation of adult reasoning processes revealed that the more relevant the cognitive task was to the developmental task of the learner, the better the performance was likely to be. (JD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adult Education, Adults, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedCarlson, Jerry S.; Goldman, Roy D. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1974
Employed regression analysis to determine the association between multiplicative classification and inductive reasoning. Subjects were 103 fourth grade children. (SDH)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Tasks
Download full textFalmagne, Rachel Joffe – 1975
This theoretical paper reevaluates the Piagetian tradition in the study of propositional reasoning. Piaget's assertion that children's logic, prior to the stage of formal operations, is structurally adequate for dealing with objects and their properties, but is inadequate for fully competent propositional reasoning, is challenged on three grounds:…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Processes
