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Peer reviewedChi, Michelene T. H. – Human Development, 1985
Presents evidence from the memory development literature showing why strategies and metaknowledge are not sufficient factors to account for memory development. Summarizes current research on the influence of the general knowledge base, including general world-knowledge and domain-specific knowledge and procedures. Discusses questions that must be…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Learning Strategies, Memory, Metacognition
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
