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Differential Equation Methodology Applied to Career Decisions and Status Attainment Processes: Conceptualization and Calculation.
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Hotchkiss, Lawrence – 1979
This document was prepared in connection with a three-year longitudinal study of career expectations of high school students conducted to explain scientifically the process by which youth form career expectations, e.g., educational, occupational, and income expectations. Divided into six chapters, this document contains a theoretical rationale for…
Descriptors: Career Development, Concept Formation, Decision Making, Educational Research
A Constructivist Approach to Uncertainty Reduction in Initial Impressions.
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Rubin, Rebecca B. – 1980
A study was conducted on the relationships between information seeking and individual cognitive structures (both individual cognitive complexity and the constructs used to understand others). Specifically, the study sought to determine how people use questions to reduce the uncertainty of meeting new people in impression-formation interviews. The…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Style, Communication Research, Concept Formation
Constructivism as a Model for Cognitive Development and (Eventually) Learning (Orange Juice Experiment): The Development of Proportional Reasoning in the Child and Adolescent.
Noelting, Gerald – 1978
This study examined the development of the rational number concept as a ratio. Preliminary to the description of the study is an introduction discussing constructivism and equilibration. The study itself tests whether equilibration theory holds, and if so, what is the nature of its "phases" and whether these are found at each of the "periods" of…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages
Effects of a Best Example and Critical Attributes on Prototype Formation in the Acquisition of a Concept.
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McKinney, C. Warren; And Others – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1987
Compares the effects of concept instruction using either critical attributes or best examples on the acquisition of a concept. Inconsistent with previous research, findings reveal no statistically significant differences on the immediate or delayed achievement posttests. Statistical and procedural data are presented as well as possible…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Higher Education, Methods Research
A Cognition Analysis of QUASAR's Mathematics Performance Assessment Tasks and Their Sensitivity to Measuring Changes in Middle School Students' Thinking and Reasoning.
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Cai, Jinfa, And Others – Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly, 1996
Presents a conceptual framework for analyzing students' mathematical understanding, reasoning, problem solving, and communication. Analyses of student responses indicated that the tasks appear to measure the complex thinking and reasoning processes that they were designed to assess. Concludes that the QUASAR assessment tasks can capture changes in…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Concept Formation, Intermediate Grades, Mathematics
Logical Reasoning in Middle Childhood: A Study of Piagetian Concrete Operations Stage.
Hooper, Frank H.; And Others – 1979
This 4-year longitudinal study of logical reasoning found complex interrelationships among different cognitive processes of children ages 6 to 15. Piaget's stage theory is discussed in the introduction, with a focus on the concrete operational stage in middle childhood. In the study, a representative array of logical concept tasks and short-term…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Ability