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Woog, Pierre – 1982
Despite the relevance of moral development to professional education, little research has been done to examine the application of moral development theory. To relate Analytic Interactive Style to post-formal operational thinking or "unitary operations thinking," to test the relationship between level of moral development and Analytic…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Style, Developmental Stages, Graduate Students
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Poole, Marshall Scott; Roth, Jonelle – Human Communication Research, 1989
Tests a model of the factors that influence groups to follow various paths as they make decisions. Uses three panels of contingency variables to predict properties of the group's developmental path. Finds that group decision paths and their properties can be predicted as a function of task and relational contingencies. (MS)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Developmental Stages, Group Dynamics, Group Testing
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Waterman, Alan S.; Archer, Sally – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1979
Three studies assessed the relationship between expressive writing (poetry writing and journal keeping) and ego identity development among high school and college students. Poetry writers were more likely to be in the identity achiever status. No differences were found between students keeping personal journals and those who had not. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Descriptive Writing, Developmental Stages, Diaries
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Welfel, Elizabeth Reynolds; Lipsitz, Neal E. – Counseling and Values, 1983
Studied influences on counselors' capacity to make mature moral judgments. Counseling students (N=63) at various levels completed a General Information Questionnaire and the Defining Issues Test. Results suggested that actual counseling experience may be more influential in determining moral reasoning capacity than was originally believed. (JAC)
Descriptors: College Students, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Training, Developmental Stages
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Lawson, Anton E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1983
Ability of five cognitive characteristics to predict students' (N=96) achievement of evolution and natural selection concepts was measured. Results, among others, indicate that disembedding ability, prior knowledge, and evolutionary belief were significantly related to achievement while developmental level and mental capacity were not. (JN)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beliefs, Biology, College Science
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Coleman, J. Gordon, Jr. – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1992
Reviews research related to humor, especially the role humor can play in the instructional process. Highlights include theories of humor; variables associated with humor; health benefits derived from humor; developmental stages and humor; effects of humor in children's educational television; and humor in the college environment. (25 references)…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Developmental Stages, Educational Television, Elementary Secondary Education
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Rothman, Kenneth M. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1978
Correlations were investigated between Erikson's psychosocial crisis stages (trust, autonomy, initiative, industry, identity, and intimacy) and Marcia's four identity statuses (achievement, moratorium, foreclosure, and diffusion). Erikson's theory of prosocial development and Marcia's ego identity status concept were supported. Coping with the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Conflict Resolution, Developmental Stages, Higher Education
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Le Claire, Kenneth A. – Higher Education, 1988
A study examined social and personal factors affecting the decision process of Australian secondary school students choosing university study and the effects of student background factors in higher education participation generally. The complex patterns of factors operating differentially in the high school years are interpreted through…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Attendance, College Bound Students, College Choice
Brown, Ann L.; And Others – 1983
A study examined the ability of subjects of varying ages to write summaries of very familiar material. In particular, it explored the subjects' planning activities both prior to and during the summarization task. The subjects, 15 fifth, 16 seventh, and 15 eleventh grade students and 11 college students, were given two stories to study for a week.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education
Dettloff, Janet May – 1982
This study was designed to formulate a predictive equation to identify community college biology students (N=420) who most probably would not succeed in science courses. A College Biology Student Survey (developed for the study), Nelson Denny Reading Test (Form-F), College Guidance Placement (CGP) Arithmetic Test, and An Inventory of Piaget's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Cognitive Development, College Science
Zeitoun, Hassan H.; Fowler, H. Seymour – 1981
Piagetian levels of 126 volunteers (60 males and 66 females) were measured using the Burney Logical Reasoning Test. Findings demonstrated that the six predictor variables succeeded in explaining 58% (pooled male/female sample), 53% (female sample), and 59% (male sample) of the variance in Piagetian cognitive levels. In addition, since prediction…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
Bitner, Betty L. – 1991
In this predictive study, the variables of College Basic Academic Subjects Examination (C-BASE) Science score, American College Test (ACT) Science score, Group Assessment of Logical Thinking (GALT) score, and total number of college science courses completed were investigated as predictors of science process skills and physical science…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Ability, College Science, Developmental Stages