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Germain, Robert B. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1984
Reviews a model of cognitive development relating the self and self-evaluation, guidelines for applying the model, and counseling applications. Recognizes that individuals may vary their level of abstraction depending on such things as the source of information, the context, and the part of the self being discussed. (LLL)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Counseling Techniques
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Sternberg, Robert J. – Intelligence, 1986
The goal of this unified theory of human reasoning is to specify what constitutes reasoning and to characterize the psychological distinction between inductive and deductive reasoning. The theory views reasoning as the controlled and mediated application of three processes (encoding, comparison and selective combination) to inferential rules. (JAZ)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Deduction, Encoding (Psychology)
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Arcus, Margaret Edwards – Family Relations, 1980
Describes the value reasoning approach to values education in which students learn to reason logically about values issues. The approach helps students to think more clearly about their own and others' value judgments, to examine value systems objectively, and to deal constructively with value conflict. (Author)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Life Education, Humanistic Education
Taylor, Shelley E.; Winkler, John D. – 1980
The term, "schema," used largely as a descriptive convenience rather than a theoretical guidepost in social psychology is examined through an analysis of its development, function, and structure. This paper articulates a model of schema development in adults by defining a schema as a representation of some stimulus domain and a set of…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages
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Duval, Raymond – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1991
Beginning geometry students misunderstand the requirements of formal proof because of confusion between deductive reasoning and argumentation. Presented is a cognitive analysis of deductive organization versus argumentative organization of reasoning and the applications of this analysis to learning. Implications of a study analyzing students'…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Deduction, French
Bossone, Richard M., Ed.; Polishook, Irwin, Ed. – 1983
The theme of the conference reported on here was school reform and related issues. An introductory statement, "Thoughts on School Reform," by Jerome Bruner, and a list of conference participants are followed by a group of papers on education and politics. The papers are "Reform and Partnership in Education," by Albert Shanker;…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, College School Cooperation, Computers, Educational Change