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ERIC Number: EJ267531
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Sep
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
A Validity Study of Two Paper-Pencil Tests of Concrete and Formal Operations.
Farmer, Walter A.; And Others
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v19 n6 p475-85 Sep 1982
Determined the degree to which classification of students (N=512) as formal or concrete based on three Inhelder tasks administered by clinical interview method was mirrored by Longeot and Karplus-Lawson-Renner (KLR) classifications. Results indicate that Longeot and KLR differentiate between concrete/formal operations and are discussed from perspective of practitioner and researcher. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, Developmental Stages, High School Students, High Schools, Science Education, Secondary School Science, Sex Differences, Test Validity, Testing
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Science Education Research