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ERIC Number: EJ239635
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Dec
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Discrimination of Assertions and Implications: A Training Procedure for Adults and Adolescents.
Bruno, Kristin J.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v72 n6 p850-69 Dec 1980
A training procedure to teach the discrimination of implication from asserted fact was developed and tested with adults in on experiment, and was revised and tested with adults and seventh- and ninth-grade students in another experiment. A marginal developmental trend of better discrimination with increasing age was found. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Consumer Protection, Evaluative Thinking, Grade 7, Grade 9, Higher Education, Memory, Persuasive Discourse
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Assertion; Inference