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ERIC Number: EJ219935
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Jul
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Logical Reasoning in the Supermarket: Adult Females' Use of a Proportional Reasoning Strategy in an Everyday Context.
Capon, Noel; Kuhn, Deanna
Developmental Psychology, v15 n4 p450-52 Jul 1979
Results showed that only 32 percent of adult female shoppers in a supermarket were able to use a proportional reasoning strategy to determine which of two sizes of a common item (size ratio 2:3) was the better buy. Performance declined when the ratio was more complex. (JMB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adults, Daily Living Skills, Females, Logical Thinking, Mathematical Concepts, Problem Solving
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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