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Sex Differences in Concrete and Formal Reasoning Ability as Measured by Manipulative Tasks and Written Tasks

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Lawson, Anton E. – Science Education, 1975

Two Piagetian tests which require manipulation, two conservation tasks, and the Longeot pencil and paper formal reasoning test were administered to 62 high school biology students. For all measures the males' mean level was higher than that of the females. (MLH)

Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Critical Thinking, Educational Research, Intellectual Development

Sex Differences in Formal Reasoning Ability: Task and Interviewer Effects.

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Piburn, Michael D.; Baker, Dale R. – Science Education, 1989

Examines the variables that influence females' success in science by experimenting with the outcomes of measures of formal reasoning ability. Concludes that women turn away from science for reasons that have little or nothing to do with their reasoning ability. (YP)

Descriptors: College Science, Females, Formal Operations, Higher Education