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Kiliç, Didem – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
The main purpose of the study was to investigate pre-service teachers' perceptions of the criteria used to classify animals. In this regard, it was also aimed at exploring conceptual structures and reasoning patterns shaping the pre-service teachers' perceptions. The participants of the present study were 324 pre-service teachers attending science…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Process Skills, Classification, Animals
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Daehler, Marvin W. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Concept Formation, Data Analysis, Measurement Techniques
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Swartz, Karyl; Hall, Alfred E. – Child Development, 1972
Comparison between relational concepts and word definitions coincided with lower levels of thinking, and abstract definitions with the highest level. (Author)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Testing, Concept Formation
Klausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1976
Piaget's model of children's conceptual learning and development was compared with Klausmeier's Conceptual Learning and Development (CLD) model in a longitudinal study. The CLD model suggests four successive levels of concept learning: (1) concrete--recognizing an object which has been encountered previously; (2) identity--recognizing a known…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
Stahl, Robert J. – 1979
This paper describes a study to determine whether students can, with appropriate instructional materials, develop and apply a knowledge of art concepts. An opening section reviews research on concept acquisition. This study utilized a concept acquisition model developed in 1970 by R. Gagne. Gagne's model proposed that concepts are learned through…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Ability, Art Appreciation, Art Education