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The Effects of Problem Solving Applications on the Development of Science Process Skills, Logical Thinking Skills and Perception on Problem Solving Ability in the Science Laboratory
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Seyhan, Hatice Güngör – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2015
This study was conducted with 98 prospective science teachers, who were composed of 50 prospective teachers that had participated in problem-solving applications and 48 prospective teachers who were taught within a more researcher-oriented teaching method in science laboratories. The first aim of this study was to determine the levels of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Problem Solving
The Influence of 16-Year-Old Students' Gender, Mental Abilities, and Motivation on Their Reading and Drawing Submicrorepresentations Achievements
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Devetak, Iztok; Glazar, Sasa Aleksij – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
Submicrorepresentations (SMRs) are a powerful tool for identifying misconceptions of chemical concepts and for generating proper mental models of chemical phenomena in students' long-term memory during chemical education. The main purpose of the study was to determine which independent variables (gender, formal reasoning abilities, visualization…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Misconceptions, Gender Differences, Cognitive Ability
Teaching Abstract Concepts in Sociology.
Szabo, S. E.; And Others – 1986
Students and instructors may be frustrated with students' lack of understanding of sociological concepts. We suggest that the difficulty of teaching and learning sociology is that sociological concepts and relationships require the use of abstract reasoning patterns. Many students are unaccustomed to using these abstract reasoning patterns. We use…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Structures, Cognitive Tests, Critical Thinking
The Development and Validation of a Group Test of Logical Thinking.
Tobin, Kenneth G.; Capie, William – 1980
The development of the Test of Logical Thinking (TOLT), a group test of formal reasoning ability that requires students to solve problems and to justify the solutions obtained, is presented. Procedures are described for investigations of internal consistency, construct validity, and criterion-related validity. Items used in prior research serve as…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Group Testing, Higher Education, Intermediate Grades
Proportional Reasoning in the Solution of Problems in High School Chemistry and Its Impact on Developing Critical Thinking Skills.
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Guthrie, Janice M. – 1991
The concept of the mole and its relationship to chemical algebra is difficult for many high school chemistry students to master. This paper describes a study of the use of proportional reasoning when teaching mole relationships and its effect on developing critical thinking skills. The Test of Logical Thinking (TOLT) was used as a pre- and…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Critical Thinking, High Schools, Logical Thinking
Students' Systematic Errors When Solving Kinetic and Chemical Equilibrium Problems.
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BouJaoude, Saouma – 1993
Although students' misconceptions about the concept of chemical equilibrium has been the focus of numerous investigations, few have investigated students' systematic errors when solving equilibrium problems at the college level. Students (n=189) enrolled in the second semester of a first year chemistry course for science and engineering majors at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Chemical Equilibrium, Chemistry, College Science