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Linn, Marcia C.; And Others – 1980
The study reported here extends the investigation begun by Piaget of content effects to laboratory and naturalistic tasks. If the accuracy and completeness of the subjects' expected variables is related to content, then performance on laboratory and naturalistic tasks should differ systematically. The subjects' expected variables were measured by…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Critical Thinking, Physics