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Publication Date: 1993
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Accelerating the Development of Formal Thinking in Middle and High School Students IV: Three Years after a Two-Year Intervention.
Shayer, Michael; Adey, Philip S.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v30 n4 p351-66 Apr 1993
Three years after end of 2-year intervention program intended to promote formal operational thinking, achievement of students initially age 11 was tested by their results on British National examinations, taken at age 16 (experimental group n=88, control group n=103). In comparison with control classes, the effect size for science was 0.67, mathematics was 0.72, and English was 0.69. (PR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Stages, Educational Research, Effect Size, English Instruction, Foreign Countries, Formal Operations, High Schools, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Education, Middle Schools, Science Curriculum, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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