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Jiang, Bo; Xu, Xiaoying; Garcia, Alicia; Lewis, Jennifer E. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2010
The Test of Logical Thinking (TOLT) and the Group Assessment of Logical Thinking (GALT) are two of the instruments most widely used by science educators and researchers to measure students' formal reasoning abilities. Based on Piaget's cognitive development theory, formal thinking ability has been shown to be essential for student achievement in…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Test Reliability, Chemistry, Logical Thinking
Williams, Richard L. – 1989
The Group Assessment of Logical Thinking (GALT) instrument has been widely used to gather cross-cultural data regarding the acquisition of logical thinking skills in adolescent children. This study of West German adolescents using the instrument adds further comparative data regarding the development of logical thinking skills. Additional data…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Foreign Countries