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Lee, Seong-Soo – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1985
To assess the teachability of conditional logic structure, the commonly used syllogistic conditional reasoning task was divided into three main components: (1) inductive rule learning; (2) induction of conditional language; and (3) deductive interpretation. When trained on all components, fifth and seventh graders became very competent in dealing…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Konold, Clifford – 1988
One of the most common misconceptions about probability is the belief that successive outcomes of a random process are not independent. This belief has been dubbed the "gambler's fallacy". The belief that non-normative expectations such as the gambler's fallacy are widely held has inspired probability and statistics instruction that attempts to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development