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Training Effects and Generalization of the Ability to Control Variables in High School Biology Students
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Lawson, Anton E.; And Others – Science Education, 1975
Three Piagetian tests of formal reasoning were administered to 65 high school biology students after half of this group had been exposed to a training session involving the control of variables. Among the results of this study was that the concrete operational students benefited more from the training session than did the formal operational…
Descriptors: Biology, Critical Thinking, Educational Research, Intellectual Development
Sex Differences in Concrete and Formal Reasoning Ability as Measured by Manipulative Tasks and Written Tasks
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Lawson, Anton E. – Science Education, 1975
Two Piagetian tests which require manipulation, two conservation tasks, and the Longeot pencil and paper formal reasoning test were administered to 62 high school biology students. For all measures the males' mean level was higher than that of the females. (MLH)
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Critical Thinking, Educational Research, Intellectual Development
Evaluation of an Attempt to Teach Scientific Inquiry and Criticism in a Working Class High School
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Case, Robbie; Fry, Cathy – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1973
Studied performance of 15 low-socio-economic-status 14 year olds in learning controlled-experiment design and evaluation, and indicated that experimental subjects significantly outperformed matched controls. (CC)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Critical Thinking, Educational Research
Ironies of Effective Teaching: Deep Structure Learning and Constructions of the Classroom.
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Roberts, Keith A. – Teaching Sociology, 2002
Reviews deep structure learning objectives that are capacities and skills required for critical thinking. Explores the implications of the sociology curriculum as well as strategies that foster deep structure learning. Examines ironies that instructors can use to enhance critical thinking. Includes references. (CMK)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, College Students, Critical Thinking, Educational Research
Reflective Judgment Theory and Research: Insights into the Process of Knowing in the College Years.
King, Patricia M.; Kitchener, Karen Strohm – 1985
The reflective judgment (RJ) model is described, along with research findings based on the model and contributions to understanding student intellectual development in higher education. The RJ model (Kitchener & King, 1981) describes a series of changes that occur in the ways adults/young adults understand the process of knowing, and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adult Development, Cognitive Ability, College Students
Developing Reflective Judgment: Understanding and Promoting Intellectual Growth and Critical Thinking in Adolescents and Adults. Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series and Jossey-Bass Social and Behavioral Science Series.
King, Patricia M.; Kitchener, Karen Strohm – 1994
This book describes the Reflective Judgment Model (RJM) and provides a comprehensive review of the research on it and the Reflective Judgment Interview (RJI). Chapter 1 defines reflective judgment as an often neglected aspect of critical thinking. Chapter 2 discusses stage-related assumptions that underlie RJM and relates RJM to current work in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Adults, Cognitive Development