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The Interactional Effects of Students' Cognitive Levels and Test Characteristics on the Performance of Formal Reasoning Tasks.
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Shemesh, Michal; Lazarowitz, Reuven – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1988
Examined the effects of Piagetian-like tasks' characteristics on the performance of those tasks by different age group students. Indicates the method of task presentation had an effect only on young students' performance, while numerical content had an effect on the majority of students in all grades. (Author/CW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests
A Genetic Epistemological Analysis of Data on Children's Ideas about DC Electrical Circuits.
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Monk, Martin – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1990
This study reports a new analysis of data on children's ideas about direct current (DC) electrical circuits. The analysis is theoretically informed by Piagetian stage theory of genetic epistemology. The limits of the genetic epistemology are discussed. (KR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages