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ERIC Number: EJ288629
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Is It Formal If It's Not Physics? (The Influence of Content on Formal Reasoning).
Linn, Marcia C.; And Others
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v20 n8 p755-70 Nov 1983
Compared laboratory and naturalistic content influences on formal reasoning tasks of 90 13-, 15-, and 17-year-olds, focusing on tasks requiring ability to control variables. Results indicate that 8 to 20 percent of performance variance was associated with task content. Content effects were also shown to reflect expectations about task variables. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Logical Thinking, Performance Factors, Science Education, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Student Characteristics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Formal Operations; National Science Foundation; Science Education Research; Task Content