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ERIC Number: EJ284906
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983-Aug
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Cognitive Variables in Series Completion.
Holzman, Thomas G.; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v75 n4 p603-18 Aug 1983
The cognitive determinants of number series completion performance were studied by presenting a systematic set of problems to college adults and to average- and high-IQ elementary school children. In each group, a combination of process and content-knowledge variables accounted for more than 70 percent of the variance in solution difficulty. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Difficulty Level, Epistemology, Higher Education, Induction, Intermediate Grades, Learning Processes, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Problem Solving, Standardized Tests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: California Achievement Tests; Number Sequences; Otis Lennon Mental Ability Test; Series (Mathematics); Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale