The Rate of Acquisition of Formal Operational Schemata in Adolescence: A Secondary Analysis.

Eckstein, Shulamith G.; Shemesh, Michal

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ERIC Number: EJ446460

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Publication Date: 1992

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The Rate of Acquisition of Formal Operational Schemata in Adolescence: A Secondary Analysis.

Eckstein, Shulamith G.; Shemesh, Michal

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v29 n5 p441-51 May 1992

Proposes a theoretical model of cognitive development and applies this model to the secondary analysis of two large-scale studies which focus on the acquisition of formal operational schemata by adolescents in the United States and Israel. Results support the "unity" hypothesis of cognitive development that the various schemata of formal thought appear simultaneously. (16 references) (JJK)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Formal Operations, Piagetian Theory, Science Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers; Policymakers

Language: English

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