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Kumar.R, Renjith; James, Rajani – International Journal of Higher Education, 2015
The study aims to identify the critical level thinking of students in higher education. It is focused to evaluate the level of critical thinking variables among the students in Nizwa College of Technology and to determine whether these variables are influenced by gender and department. The data for the research is collected from 281 diploma…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Gender Differences
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Abrahams, Fatima; Friedrich, Christian; Tredoux, Nanette – Industry and Higher Education, 2012
South African higher education institutions are experiencing challenges regarding access, redress and the successful completion of programmes in an environment where there are still imbalances in the schooling system. Tools are needed that will assist with the process of selecting students. The aim of this study is to determine whether a test…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Test Results, Abstract Reasoning, Gender Differences
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Handelsman, Mitchell M. – Teaching of Psychology, 1985
Described is an exercise that will help college-level psychology students learn abstract and relational thinking skills. The exercise will provide students with a new way to handle compare-and-contrast questions. (RM)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Course Descriptions
Tennyson, Robert D.; Bagley, Carole A. – 1991
A study involving 120 undergraduate students attending the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul (Minnesota) was undertaken to test the interactive effect of instructional strategy (structured versus constructed) with learner's prior domain knowledge in concept acquisition. Previous instructional design research on concept learning has focused on…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Comparative Analysis, Concept Teaching, Higher Education
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Ramsfield, Jill J. – Journal of Legal Education, 1997
International students in American legal education may need explicit information about our legal culture and its logic. A contrastive approach to studying law can serve all students by putting cultural and disciplinary differences in relief, revealing roots of our own logic and biases. Such an approach requires law faculty to explore other legal…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, Culture Conflict
Pearson, Robert – 1992
This study was conducted at the University of Windsor (Ontario) to determine whether an intensive introductory course in filmmaking cultivates spatial visualization and abstract reasoning, and whether success in filmmaking is directly related to one's level of spatial visualization and abstract reasoning. In order to test the research hypotheses,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Comparative Analysis, Film Production, Foreign Countries
Oberman-Soroka, Cerise – 1980
This paper describes the rationale behind and the development and utilization of a bibliographic instruction course which incorporates formal abstract reasoning skills. The limitations of the search strategy technique of bibliographic instruction are discussed as well as the fact that many college students have not developed sophisticated…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Assignments, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Cole, Glenn A.; And Others – 1978
The academic standings of provisionally admitted high school graduates and matched controls (regular admissions) at a state university were analyzed after one to three years. The results revealed highly significant differences in favor of the controls. The criterion was academic status at the university. Analysis of covariance controlling the…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Admission Criteria
Davison, Mark L.; And Others – 1981
The impact of higher education on the cognitive and social development of students was studied in three experiments. A longitudinal comparison of moral reasoning development in the four years after high school among those who did and did not attend college was undertaken. Instruments used were the Reflective Judgment Questionnaire, the Concept…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, College Attendance, College Freshmen
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McKernan, Jim, Ed. – Irish Educational Studies, 1984
The following papers dealing with education in Ireland are presented: "The Fortunes of Education as a Subject of Study and of Research in Ireland" (John Coolahan); "The Irish Charter Schools: The Grand Design in Principle and Practice" (Kenneth Milne); "Quaker Education in 18th and 19th Century Ireland" (Cyril G.…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education