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Learning about Learning: Propositional Abilities. A Personal Workshop. Revised and Expanded Edition.
Lowery, Lawrence F. – 1981
This book on propositional reasoning is part of a series designed to assist beginning and experienced teachers in becoming regular evaluators of their own instruction. The book consists of two parts. The first part provides information on probabilistic, disjunctive, combinatorial, implicational, deductive, and proportional reasoning and on…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
Peer reviewedShamai, Ruth; Stavy, Ruth – Journal of Chemical Education, 1986
Describes a study which was designed to determine the effect of a 25-hour introductory qualitative analysis course on high school students' understanding of formal concepts related to electrolytes. Suggests that introductory concrete experiences better prepare students to deal with more formal abstract concepts. (TW)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Chemistry, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
Peer reviewedHudak, Mary A.; Anderson, David E. – Teaching of Psychology, 1990
Studies 94 undergraduate students in introductory statistics and computer science courses. Applies Formal Operations Reasoning Test (FORT) and Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI). Finds that substantial numbers of students have not achieved the formal operation level of cognitive maturity. Emphasizes need to examine students learning style and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Ability
