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Peer reviewedBroughton, John M. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1982
Comments on Damon and Killen's study, pointing out that the methodological difficulties in examining spontaneous moral discussions have led to the appropriation of a dyadic social-cognitive conflict paradigm that focuses on dialogic interaction. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Discourse Analysis, Interaction, Moral Development
Peer reviewedDiMartino, Emily Comstock – Counseling and Values, 1990
Examined male and female definitions of right and wrong in 15 boys, 15 girls, 15 men, and 15 women. Results demonstrated 3 different outcomes as result of varying the mode of investigating sex differences in appraising a moral dilemma. Concludes growth of moral judgment is elusive and can be pursued well only through a variety of research modes.…
Descriptors: Adults, Elementary Education, Moral Development, Research Methodology
Peer reviewedLangford, Peter E.; D'Cruz, J. Vin – Journal of Moral Education, 1989
Reports two studies of a method for classifying justifications of moral judgments and suggests its use in demonstrating developmental trends during adolescence. Argues that this method distinguishes content of moral judgments from justifications for them, analyzes justifications relative to both abstraction and reflection, and assigns…
Descriptors: Evaluative Thinking, Higher Education, Interviews, Measurement Techniques
Direct linkRussell, Terrence R. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2004
This concluding chapter reviews some of the methodological issues that analysts need to consider when evaluating the success of character-development programs.
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Evaluation Criteria, Personality Measures, Research Methodology
Kaplan, Martin F. – 1989
Application of a common framework in studies of the development of social cognition can reduce conceptual and methodological ambiguities and enable clearer study of core issues. This paper describes the core issues and their attendant problems, outlines a model of information integration that addresses the issues, and describes some illustrative…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Individual Development, Intervention, Models
Download full textLangford, Peter E. – 1996
Failure to separate judicial reasoning (the application of rules) from legislative reasoning (the justification of rules) in earlier studies is claimed to invalidate most previous developmental research using moral dilemma interviews. Two studies used a novel method of scoring moral dilemma interviews that separates judicial from legislative…
Descriptors: Children, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Evaluative Thinking
Blake, Catherine A. – 1985
Lawrence Walker's (1984) meta-analysis of 108 samples concluded that there are no sex differences in stages of moral reasoning. This paper reviews Walker's work and points out that some of his analyses, however, are controversial and favored unwarranted conclusions. Walker neither tested the hypothesis that males are more advanced than females in…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Hypothesis Testing, Meta Analysis, Moral Development
