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ERIC Number: EJ456445
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Accelerating the Development of Formal Thinking in Middle and High School Students III: Testing the Permanency of Effects.
Shayer, Michael; Adey, Philip S.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v29 n10 p1101-15 Dec 1992
Two years after the end of a two-year intervention program set within the context of science learning intended to promote formal operational thinking, achievement of students (n=234) was tested by their results on British National examinations taken at age 16. Male experimental subjects achieved an average of 40 percent more grades of C or above than male control subjects. (Author/MVL)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Educational Research, Formal Operations, Intellectual Development, Intervention, Piagetian Theory, Science Education, Secondary Education, Standardized Tests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: British National Examinations; Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education