Comparative Reasoning Abilities of College Students.

Maloney, David P.

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Publication Date: 1981-Aug

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Comparative Reasoning Abilities of College Students.

Maloney, David P.

American Journal of Physics, v49 n8 p784-86 Aug 1981

Presents data on reasoning abilities of science and non-science majors at one private, liberal arts university. Indicates that most students taking physics are formal operational or into transition to formal reasoning and that six concrete operational students dropped the course. (JN)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, College Science, College Students, Higher Education, Minority Groups, Nonmajors, Physics, Science Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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