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ERIC Number: EJ683865
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Apr
Pages: 21
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 44
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0272-930X
It?s All in Their Heads: Reflective Abstraction as an Alternative to the Moral Discussion Group
Binfet,Ty
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, v50 n2 p181-200 Apr 2005
This study examined two distinct moral reasoning interventions: an interindividual intervention, in which students discussed moral dilemmas, and an intraindividual intervention, in which students individually reflected on moral dilemmas. Ninety-seven 6th- and 7th-grade students were administered pre- and posttest measures of the Sociomoral Reflection Measure (Gibbs, Basinger, & Fuller, 1992). Participants were randomly assigned to either treatment (moral) or placebo (nonmoral) conditions. The results indicated no difference in moral reasoning was between students in the two experimental groups and indicated that students in both experimental groups made significant gains in moral reasoning compared with students in placebo groups.
Wayne State University Press, The Leonard N. Simons Building, 4809 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201-1309. Tel: 800-978-7323 (Toll Free); Fax: 313-577-6131.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Grade 6; Grade 7
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
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