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Peer reviewedShayer, Michael; Adey, Philip S. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
Two years after the end of a two-year intervention program set within the context of science learning intended to promote formal operational thinking, achievement of students (n=234) was tested by their results on British National examinations taken at age 16. Male experimental subjects achieved an average of 40 percent more grades of C or above…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Educational Research
Download full textHolzman, Thomas G.; And Others – 1980
The cognitive determinants of number analogy performance were studied by systematically manipulating the processing demands imposed by the items. To explore sources of developmental differences in analogical reasoning, subjects were included from two age levels, grades 4 and 5 and college. To allow the investigation of individual differences in…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes, College Students
