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Direct linkKlauer, Karl Josef; Phye, Gary D. – Review of Educational Research, 2008
Researchers have examined inductive reasoning to identify different cognitive processes when participants deal with inductive problems. This article presents a prescriptive theory of inductive reasoning that identifies cognitive processing using a procedural strategy for making comparisons. It is hypothesized that training in the use of the…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Logical Thinking, Thinking Skills
Peer reviewedSaracho, Olivia N. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1988
Discusses the cognitive behavior of young children as it applies to the concept of cognitive styles. Encompasses the field-dependence-independence dimension of cognitive style theory and the intellectual aspects and modifiability of cognitive style. (RJC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Field Dependence Independence, Intelligence Tests, Learning Processes
Download full textSternberg, Robert J. – 1986
Critical thinking comprises the mental processes, strategies, and representations people use to solve problems, make decisions, and learn new concepts. The study of critical thinking combines the educational, philosophical, and psychological traditions of thought. R. Ennis offers a philosophical taxonomy suggesting that critical thinking results…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Intelligence Tests
