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Download full textPiburn, Michael D.; Baker, Dale R. – 1988
While logical reasoning skills are related to success in science, the relationship between thought and formal logic is not clear. Propositional Logic Test (PLT), error patterns of students' interpretations of logical proposition, and developmental patterns of the error type are described. Examined is the relationship between logical reasoning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedPiburn, Michael D.; Baker, Dale R. – Science Education, 1989
Examines the variables that influence females' success in science by experimenting with the outcomes of measures of formal reasoning ability. Concludes that women turn away from science for reasons that have little or nothing to do with their reasoning ability. (YP)
Descriptors: College Science, Females, Formal Operations, Higher Education
