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Peer reviewedValanides, Nicolaos – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1997
Reasoning abilities of Cypriot 12th graders in five forms of formal logical thought were studied in relation to academic achievement and gender differences. Results support proposals that suggest that there are specialized abilities dealing with specific domains of reality. The five reasoning modes were significant predictors of achievement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Foreign Countries, Formal Operations
Download full textAnderson, David E. – 2003
The undergraduate liberal arts program is assumed to promote sophistication in thinking. At the same time, certain levels of cognitive ability are assumed to be present in students accepted into selective undergraduate colleges. Beginning in the fall of 1991, a long-term research study was undertaken at a small residential liberal arts college…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, College Students, Formal Operations
