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Measured Formal Thought and That Required to Understand Formal Concepts in Secondary School Biology.
Download full textRenner, John W.; Cate, Jean McGregor – 1985
Students (N=22) enrolled in secondary school biology were evaluated for their abilities to use: combinatorial logic; correlational reasoning; separation and control of variables; exclusion of irrelevant variables; proportional reasoning; and probabilistic reasoning. Each student responded individually to six Piagetian tasks designed to measure…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Biology, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
Lawson, Anton E. – 1986
This study hypothesized that subjects who display proportional responses on the Pouring Water Task have developed the ability to comprehend logical arguments of the form referred to as "reasoning to a contradiction," while subjects who display additive responses on the same task have not. To test this hypothesis, 100 additive and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, High Schools
Peer reviewedHofstein, Avi; Mandler, Vera – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1985
Lawson's test was used with 66 ninth grade and 63 tenth grade students. Results show: that boys outperformed girls; a small correlation between achievement in science and mathematics and the Lawson test; and that Israeli students achieved significantly higher than United States students on the Piagetian skills measured by the test. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Tests, High Schools
Falls, Timothy H.; Voss, Burton – 1985
This research study was conducted to investigate the interactions of specific student aptitudes with their ability to solve chemistry problems of varying structure and information. Fourteen classroom quizzes were validated and a number of in-task variables were identified for analysis. These variables included: the nature of information given…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Chemistry, Cognitive Development
Thiele, Rodney B.; Treagust, David F. – 1991
Recent research literature has highlighted the interest of both teachers and researchers in using analogies to aid students' conceptual understanding. This appears to be especially relevant in secondary chemistry education due to the many abstract concepts that are included in the curricula. This paper reviews recent literature and considers…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Analogy, Chemistry, Cognitive Development
Gabel, Dorothy L.; Sherwood, Robert D. – 1981
This paper reported the results of a study designed to determine whether certain instructional strategies are superior to others in teaching problem solving to high school chemistry students. The effectiveness of four instructional strategies for teaching problem solving to students of various proportional reasoning ability, verbal and visual…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Chemistry, Conference Papers
