Formal Operational Reasoning Modes: Predictors of Critical Thinking Abilities and Grades Assigned by Teachers in Science and Mathematics for Students in Grades Nine through Twelve.

Bitner, Betty L.

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ERIC Number: EJ469489

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Publication Date: 1991

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Formal Operational Reasoning Modes: Predictors of Critical Thinking Abilities and Grades Assigned by Teachers in Science and Mathematics for Students in Grades Nine through Twelve.

Bitner, Betty L.

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v28 n3 p265-74 Mar 1991

The five formal operational reasoning modes in the Group Assessment of Logical Thinking were found to be statistically significant predictors of critical thinking abilities as measured by the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal and were significant predictors of science and mathematics grades. (PR)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Critical Thinking, Educational Research, Formal Operations, High Schools, Logical Thinking, Mathematics Education, Science Education, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Group Assessment of Logical Thinking; Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal

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