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Hale, James P. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1983
Investigated development of propositional logic and three formal logical schemata (underlying generic problem solving processes/operations) in adults (N=59) enrolled in their second year of medical school. Two students were formal on the 12-Piagetian tasks used, and the 57 remaining were classified as transitional formal. Implications are…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, College Science