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ERIC Number: EJ354688
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Validity Considerations for Research on Integrated-Science Process Skills and Formal Reasoning Ability.
Baird, William E.; Borich, Gary D.
Science Education, v71 n2 p259-69 Apr 1987
Explains the convergent and discriminant validity of two tests of science process skills with two tests of formal reasoning ability. Reports test results from elementary education majors and discusses the tests' intercorrelations. Implications related to instruction are analyzed. (ML)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Teachers, Formal Operations, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Preservice Teacher Education, Process Education, Science Education, Science Instruction, Science Tests, Skill Development, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Practitioners; Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Science Education Research