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Lawson, Anton E. – Science Education, 1982
Many science curriculum development projects have the goal of increasing students' ability to employ scientific or formal reasoning strategies. Argues that longitudinal data of students who acquired formal reasoning strategies as a consequence of specific instruction are needed to provide evidence that these skills will help in other academic…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Achievement, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement