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Peer reviewedColeman, Elaine B.; Shore, Bruce – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1991
This study examined the problem-solving protocols of 21 students in a grade 11 enriched physics course as well as 3 adult "experts" in physics. Experts and high performing students made more correct metastatements and more references to prior knowledge than did average performing students. (DB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academically Gifted, Grade 11, High Achievement
Download full textBoram, Robert D.; Renner, John W. – 1985
Students (N=49) enrolled in a physics course for elementary teachers were evaluated for their abilities to use: (1) combinatorial logic; (2) separation and control of variables; (3) proportional reasoning; and (4) reciprocal implications. Performance of four Piagetian tasks during interviews was treated as a measure of the degree to which students…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, College Science
