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Swanson, H. Lee; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
Evaluation of the relationship between metacognition and analogical reasoning in 80 children (mildly retarded, learning disabled, normal achieving, and gifted) suggests that retarded children's performance reflected a central processing deficiency across processes, learning-disabled children's performance reflected specific processing…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academically Gifted, Analogy, Cognitive Processes
Bart, William M. – 1970
In Piaget's developmental psychology the fourth and highest stage of human cognitive development is that of formal operations. The research on formal thought instruments is outlined. This study was designed to construct and validate paper-and-pencil instruments which could be used to select students capable of abstract conceptualization,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academically Gifted, Adolescents, Cognitive Measurement