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Peer reviewedLinn, Marcia C.; Swiney, John F., Jr. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1981
To investigate the role expectation based rules governing formal reasoning performance, a battery of group and individual aptitude measures and formal reasoning tests were administered to 17-year-olds. Individual differences in usage of these rules were clarified by establishing an overlap between an aptitude model and formal reasoning.…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Expectation
Peer reviewedOsborn, Herbert H. – Educational Research, 1983
A test was given to 322 secondary students to develop a profile of mathematical ability based on four components: computation, pattern recognition, logical reasoning, and symbolic manipulation. These profiles were compared to mathematics test scores; the results verified hypotheses about individual differences in mental processes and knowledge…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Aptitude, Computation, Individual Differences
Peer reviewedLinn, Marcia C. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1982
Illustrates advantages of research on practical factors in reasoning. Discusses role of factual knowledge and diagnosis of specific task-based errors in reasoning, influence of individual aptitudes on reasoning, and effect of educational interventions designed to change reasoning. Presents Piagetian position for each position, discusses evidence…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Aptitude, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages
Federico, Pat-Anthony; Landis, David B. – 1980
The incorporation of computer-managed instruction into an academic program made it necessary to identify those cognitive styles, abilities, and aptitudes which were relevant to the success or failure of trainees in the Navy's Basic Electricity and Electronics (BE/E) School in order to minimize the attrition rate. Measures of 6 styles, 6 abilities,…
Descriptors: Ability, Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Aptitude
Download full textJohnson, Mauritz; Posner, George J. – 1971
An experiment was conducted to investigate three topics of current interest in education: critical thinking, programed instruction, and aptitude-treatment interaction. Thirty college students and 31 ninth graders with extreme discrepancies between their verbal and quantitative aptitude scores were taught eight principles of class reasoning by…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Abstract Reasoning, Aptitude, Critical Thinking
