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ERIC Number: EJ415687
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
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Accelerating the Development of Formal Thinking in Middle and High School Students.
Adey, Philip; Shayer, Michael
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v27 n3 p267-85 Mar 1990
The effect of intervention lessons designed to accelerate the development of formal operations taught over a period of two years to adolescents was assessed. Results indicated that the experimental group had achieved a significantly greater gain in cognitive levels than the control group. Implications are discussed. (CW)
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Formal Operations, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Piagetian Theory, Program Descriptions, Science Education, Secondary School Science
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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