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Long, Huey B.; Mirza, Minawar S. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1980
Even among individuals operating at Piaget's highest cognitive level (Formal Operations Stage) there is a range of behaviors on important cognitive characteristics. Various substages and their performance criteria are suggested. (JD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adults, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation

Titus, Thomas G.; And Others – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1990
Results are reported from a study of the learning styles of 306 high school students. The study examined learning style characteristics (abstraction, concreteness, reflection, activity); comparisons between adolescent and adult learning styles; and differences between freshmen and seniors, males and females, and slow-track and fast-track learners.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Development

Kiefer, Barbara – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1983
To provide a framework for describing how children respond to picture books, first and second grade children were observed over a 10-week period. Variations in the responses of individual students, changes in their reactions over time, and the importance of considering the context of a response are discussed. (PP)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Grade 1, Grade 2, Individual Differences