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Download full textBitner-Corvin, Betty L. – 1988
The purposes of this descriptive-predictive study were to investigate the logical and critical thinking abilities of a sample of sixth through twelfth grade students (N=173) and to determine whether logical thinking processes are predictors of critical thinking abilities and academic achievement. The instruments administered in this study were (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Formal Operations
Peer reviewedGlasson, George E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1989
Compares the relative effects of hands-on and teacher demonstration laboratory methods on declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge achievement. Reports that students in the hands-on class were better on the procedural knowledge test than students in the demonstration class. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Demonstrations (Educational), Experiential Learning, Formal Operations, Grade 9
