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Atkinson, Maxine P.; Wills, Jeremiah B.; McClure, Amy I. – Teaching Sociology, 2008
The debate defining thinking, critical thinking, and higher-level thinking is expansive. Geersteen (2003) provides an excellent review of this literature and suggests that one way to distinguish between lower- and higher-level thinking is based on the level of abstraction. In this article, the authors focus on analysis and synthesis or…
Descriptors: Evidence, Tables (Data), Heuristics, Data Analysis
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Daehler, Marvin W. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Concept Formation, Data Analysis, Measurement Techniques
Stahl, Robert J. – 1979
This paper describes a study to determine whether students can, with appropriate instructional materials, develop and apply a knowledge of art concepts. An opening section reviews research on concept acquisition. This study utilized a concept acquisition model developed in 1970 by R. Gagne. Gagne's model proposed that concepts are learned through…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Ability, Art Appreciation, Art Education