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Direct linkScalco, Karina C.; Talanquer, Vicente; Kiill, Keila B.; Cordeiro, Marcia R. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
We present the results of a qualitative research study designed to explore differences in the types of reasoning triggered by information presented to chemistry students in two different formats. One group of students was asked to analyze a sequence of images designed to represent critical elements in the explanation of a target phenomenon.…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Abstract Reasoning, Sequential Approach, Science Process Skills
Download full textSahamid, Husniah – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
The ability to cite reasons, to justify claims and give support to arguments is seen as primary characteristics of a critical thinker. This paper discusses how the "Elements of Reasoning" is employed with Socratic Questioning to develop critical thinking in the language classroom. The principles that guide the questioning are laid out…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Questioning Techniques, Second Language Learning
Pezdek, Kathy; Royer, James M. – 1972
A previous study by Begg and Pavio found that subjects presented with concrete sentences were able to detect subsequent changes in meaning better than changes in wording. In contrast, with abstract sentences, wording changes were detected with greater facility than were changes in meaning. The present study assesses the effect of comprehension on…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, College Students, Comprehension, Learning Processes
Reeve, Robert A.; And Others – 1985
The focus of this paper is on some of the difficulties students experience in learning from texts and in solving other types of academic problems, because of their failure to distinguish between skills needed for everyday thinking and those needed for academic thinking. The paper discusses the types of processing problems children experience when…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Intuition
Meltzer, Lynn J.; And Others – 1984
The associations among cognitive automatization, abstract problem solving, and educational performance were studied using 127 fourth to ninth grade students. A number of measures of fast, automatic, and fluent performance (FAF measures) were used: writing the alphabet; reading from a word list; and mentally performing arithmetic operations. The…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Cognitive Measurement
Burgdorf, Arlene Bernice – 1966
To assess children's ability to draw inferences from selections of children's literature and to measure the significance of various selected factors to this ability was the problem of this study. Children (432) were evenly divided among grades 4, 5, and 6 and randomly divided at each grade level into two equal groups, one of which read the…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Books, Childrens Literature, Cognitive Processes
