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Peer reviewedScharmann, Lawrence C. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1988
Examines the influence of both locus of control and three instructional strategies to foster an understanding of the nature of science. Reports that the nature of science was most predictable for a separate process/content/teaching methods and logical thinking ability was the best predictor of the nature of science. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Locus of Control, Logical Thinking
Stuessy, Carol L. – 1985
A model for the development of scientific reasoning in adolescents was formulated largely upon the basis of Piagetian theory. Included as potential determinants of scientific reasoning were: experience; age; locus of control; field dependence-independence (FID); rigidity/flexibility; intelligence quotient (IQ); and sex. Causal relationships…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Age, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedHooper, Frank H.; And Others – Human Development, 1985
Assesses 180 college students at three ages (17-23, 37-43, and 61-80) to examine the relative availability of Piagetian formal reasoning concepts; the relationship of these formal reasoning performances to Horn and Cattell's psychometric theory of general fluid and crystallized intelligence; and developmental patterns among standardized…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Style, College Students, Factor Structure
