Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ569628
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Publication Date: 1998
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Formal Operational Performance and Achievement of Lower Secondary School Students.
Valanides, Nicos
Studies in Educational Evaluation, v24 n1 p1-23 1998
Studied the cognitive abilities of seventh through ninth graders related to control of variables, proportional, probablisitic, correlational, and combinatorial reasoning using the Test of Logical Thinking (TOLT; K. Tobin and W. Capie, 1980, 1981). Boys outperformed girls on proportional, probabilistic, and correlational reasoning; older students scored higher on TOLT than younger students. (MAK)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Junior High Schools, Sex Differences, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Test of Logical Thinking
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