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Chaplin, Miriam T. – 1976
It is generally assumed that students possess the ability to apply abstract reasoning to content material in a variety of disciplines when they enter college. Yet many college students have not reached the level of formal operations defined by Jean Piaget; thus they experience difficulty in coping with their work. A solution to this dilemma can be…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, College Instruction, Concept Formation, Content Area Reading