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Peer reviewedShayer, M. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1979
The relation between Piaget's logical theory of formal operational thinking and his account of cognitive development is discussed. Formal operational thinking was found to be a unitary construct, and both heterogeneity of performance and decalage were found to be smaller than a recent review had suggested. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
