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Peer reviewedLawson, Anton E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1983
Two selection and nine evaluation hypothesis testing tasks varying systematically with respect to causality, response alternatives, and context continuity were administered to two samples of adults (N=35; N=32). It was to determine effects of these variables and the degree to which subjects reasoned with material conditional, biconditional,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Biology, Cognitive Processes, College Science
