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ERIC Number: EJ598054
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Development of Scientific Reasoning in College Biology: Do Two Levels of General Hypothesis-Testing Skills Exist?
Lawson, Anton E.; Clark, Brian; Cramer-Meldrum, Erin; Falconer, Kathleen A.; Sequist, Jeffrey M.; Kwon, Yong-Ju
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v37 n1 p81-101 Jan 2000
Tests the hypothesis that two general developmentally-based levels of hypothesis-testing skills exist. Finds a positive relationship between level of hypothesis-testing skill and performance on a transfer problem involving the test of a hypothesis based on unobservable entities. Also finds a positive relationship between level of hypothesis-testing skill and course performance. (Contains 55 references.) (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Causal Models, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing, Learning Theories, Science Process Skills, Scientific Principles, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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