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Download full textTirri, Kirsi; Pehkonen, Leila – 1998
This study investigated the moral reasoning of 17 Finnish adolescents (ages 14,15) gifted in science. Students completed tests of their scientific and moral reasoning and wrote essays on moral dilemmas in science and everyday life. On the test of moral reasoning, the students' average score was that of the average 18-year-old. On the test of…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedTirri, Kirsi; Pehkonen, Leila – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 2002
This study explored the moral reasoning and scientific argumentation of 31 Finnish adolescents gifted in science. In qualitative essays and interviews, the pupils were asked to identify moral dilemmas in science and provide solutions to them. Two illustrative cases of students' argumentation who had either average or high scores on the Defining…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
