Domain-General and Domain-Specific Processes in Proportional Reasoning: A Commentary on the "Merrill-Palmer Quarterly" Special Issue on Cognitive Development.

Keating, Daniel P.; Crane, Lynda L.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Domain-General and Domain-Specific Processes in Proportional Reasoning: A Commentary on the "Merrill-Palmer Quarterly" Special Issue on Cognitive Development.

Keating, Daniel P.; Crane, Lynda L.

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, v36 n3 p411-24 Jul 1990

Argues that the dichotomy between domain-specific and general theories of cognitive development addressed in the "Merrill-Palmer Quarterly" special issue is unproductive. Suggests that polarities of generality and specificity exist in creative tension as seen through developmental processes. (Author/BB)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, College Students, Fractions, Higher Education, Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Concepts, Problem Solving, Public Education, Ratios (Mathematics)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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