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Shayer, Michael; Adey, Philip S. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
A 1-year lag was found between the effect of an intervention intended to promote formal operational thinking in students initially 11 or 12 years of age and the appearance of substantial science achievement in the experimental groups. A one-year lag on cognitive development and an age/gender interaction were also reported. (Author/KR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Critical Thinking

Lawrenz, Frances; Lawson, Anton E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1986
Presents study findings which explored the effect of teacher reasoning level and teaching style preference on improvement in student-reasoning ability. Reports that students of concrete operational teachers and of inquiry teachers showed greater gains in reasoning ability than students of formal operational teachers and of expository teachers. (ML)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education

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
Nasser, Ramzi; Carifio, James – 1993
The purpose of this study was to find out whether students perform differently on algebra word problems that have certain key context features and entail proportional reasoning, relative to their level of logical reasoning and their degree of field dependence/independence. Field-independent students tend to restructure and break stimuli into parts…
Descriptors: Algebra, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, College Mathematics