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Peer reviewedFarrell, Margaret A.; Farmer, Walter A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1985
Investigated proportional reasoning of a select group of older, college-bound adolescents on a task set in a geometric/spatial context with a multiple-proportion, multiplicative structure. Sex-related differences and the influence of course experience in mathematics and science were also investigated. (JN)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
