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Handelsman, Mitchell M. – 1984
A technique to teach cognitive skills to directly facilitate abstract and rational thinking is described. Based on George Kelly's theory of personal constructs, his Role Construct Repertory Test has students construe similarities and differences among important course concepts rather than provide individual definitions or examples of those…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, College Students
