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ERIC Number: EJ469837
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Patterns of Student Growth in Reasoning about Correlational Problems.
Ross, John A.; Cousins, J. Bradley
Journal of Educational Psychology, v85 n1 p49-65 Mar 1993
Studied age trends in solving correlational problems involving over 2 continuous variables 100 Canadian students in grades 5, 7, 9, and 11 and a postgraduate college preparatory year; 278 seventh graders; and 120 tenth graders in 3 experiments. Correlational reasoning skills increased with age and improved through instruction. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Preparation, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Mathematics Skills, Postsecondary Education, Problem Solving, Student Development, Thinking Skills, Validity
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Variables (Mathematics)
Note: Version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Assn. (Chicago, IL, April 3-7, 1991).