Accelerating the Development of Formal Thinking in Middle and High School Students III: Testing the Permanency of Effects.

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Title: Accelerating the Development of Formal Thinking in Middle and High School Students III: Testing the Permanency of Effects.
Language: English
Authors: Shayer, Michael, Adey, Philip S.
Source: Journal of Research in Science Teaching. Dec 1992 29(10):1101-1115.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 15
Publication Date: 1992
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Educational Research, Formal Operations, Intellectual Development, Intervention, Piagetian Theory, Science Education, Secondary Education, Standardized Tests
ISSN: 0022-4308
Abstract: 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)
Entry Date: 1993
Accession Number: EJ456445
Database: ERIC
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Abstract: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)
ISSN:0022-4308