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Niaz, Mansoor – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1989
Investigated was the relation between student ability to translate sentences into equations, equations into sentences, and student performance in formal operational reasoning, proportional reasoning, and introductory-level chemistry. Results indicate that students who lack formal operational skills may experience problems in the translation of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algebra, Chemistry, Cognitive Development
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Cafolla, Ralph – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1988
Describes a study designed to determine if college students' success in writing computer programs is related to level of cognitive development as described by Piaget, verbal ability, and mathematics reasoning. Regression analysis showed that level of cognitive development, when combined with verbal reasoning, is linearly predictive of programming…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Development, Computer Science Education
Gray, William M.; Rush, Mary Lou – 1986
W. M. Gray's "How is Your Logic?" a Piagetian-based, group-administered written test of cognitive development, and B. Leadbeater's Livian Wars Task, a formal operations-based, written, social-cognition problem were given to 348 college undergraduate and graduate students to investigate the impact of chronological age and amount of formal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development
Hall, Donald A.; And Others – 1989
This study investigated preservice elementary teacher reasoning ability levels, science anxiety levels, and content achievement in a large midwestern university. Pretest and posttest measures were taken on three dependent variables: (1) reasoning ability (cognitive development); (2) science anxiety; and (3) science content achievement. In…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development
Bednarek, Laurie J. – 1991
Previous research concerning the cognitive abilities of high school students has indicated that a substantial number of students enrolled in secondary science courses do not conceptualize at the formal-operational level. Further, results indicate that achievement levels in chemistry coursework are significantly affected by, not only cognitive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Chemistry, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Ability
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Hudak, Mary A.; Anderson, David E. – Teaching of Psychology, 1990
Studies 94 undergraduate students in introductory statistics and computer science courses. Applies Formal Operations Reasoning Test (FORT) and Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI). Finds that substantial numbers of students have not achieved the formal operation level of cognitive maturity. Emphasizes need to examine students learning style and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Ability
Strahan, David B.; O'Sullivan, Rita – 1986
The purpose of this study was to examine for the middle grades how students' cognitive reasoning level contributes to the variability of their achievement test performance. While previous investigations have indicated that measures of reasoning development are associated with measures of achievement, few such studies have attempted to control for…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Tests
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Adey, Philip; Shayer, Michael – Cognition and Instruction, 1993
To test whether gains in cognitive development can be accelerated, an intervention model was used to give pupils special lessons in science, using ideas of cognitive conflict, metacognition, and bridging in the context of formal operations. Found that intervention led to substantial and long-lasting increased achievement in science, mathematics,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acceleration (Education), Cognitive Development, Cognitive Dissonance