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Timm, Joan Thrower; Gross, James R. – 1990
Previous investigations on Piagetian cognitive levels among college students both within and across academic disciplines have not addressed the issue of possible differences in cognitive levels between traditional undergraduates and older returning students. Piagetian cognitive levels were studied among traditional- and nontraditional-age college…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
Download full textPiburn, Michael D.; Baker, Dale R. – 1988
While logical reasoning skills are related to success in science, the relationship between thought and formal logic is not clear. Propositional Logic Test (PLT), error patterns of students' interpretations of logical proposition, and developmental patterns of the error type are described. Examined is the relationship between logical reasoning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, Foreign Countries
Han, Jong-Ha – 1986
This paper describes a study designed to investigate the development of scientific reasoning or logical thinking patterns of South Korean secodary school students. The scientific reasoning or logical thinking patterns were categorized into patterns of logic such as seriation, combinations, proportion, control of variables, probability, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedShamai, Ruth; Stavy, Ruth – Journal of Chemical Education, 1986
Describes a study which was designed to determine the effect of a 25-hour introductory qualitative analysis course on high school students' understanding of formal concepts related to electrolytes. Suggests that introductory concrete experiences better prepare students to deal with more formal abstract concepts. (TW)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Chemistry, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
Martinez, Joseph G. R.; Martinez, Nancy C. – 1987
Researchers of writing ability have often applied the developmental schemes of William Perry, Lev Vygotsky, and Jean Piaget in describing basic writers. As a result, some researchers have concluded that basic writers think well below the formal-operations or true concept-formation stage of cognitive development. To investigate the theory that…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, College Students
Peer reviewedHudak, 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
