The growth of systematic thinking: Replication and analysis of piaget's first chemical experiment

Dale, Laura

doi:10.1080/00049537008254585

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“…These were, however, ten significant interactions between gender and major, gender and task content, and gender, major and task content on various subtask elements. Compared to the results obtained by other researchers [12,16], it appears that the programmed tasks reduced bias against female subjects. This view, however, must be tempered with caution because the sample in this study included only college students.…”

Section: Reduction Of Task Bias Against Female Subjectscontrasting

confidence: 47%

A Microcomputer System as a Tool for Research in Logical Thinking

DeLuca

Scouten

1980

Journal of Educational Technology Systems

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The use of Piagetian tasks to study logical thinking has continued at a high rate despite the fact that their inherent limitations reduce the probability of finding new knowledge. In this study a microcomputer system was programmed with Piagetian tasks in an attempt to gain advantages while avoiding the limitations of the original tasks. College students viewed tasks in the form of alphanumerics and graphics on a TV monitor and interacted with the tasks by way of a keyboard. All key depressions and times between depressions were recorded on floppy disks which were subsequently interfaced with the IBM/370 computer for data manipulation and analysis. After a two-year test and evaluation program, which involved 360 students in three experiments, these investigators found that the microcomputer system contained several advantages over the original Piagetian tasks and provided the researcher with many new alternatives in the study of logical thinking.

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Section: Reduction Of Task Bias Against Female Subjectscontrasting

confidence: 47%

A Microcomputer System as a Tool for Research in Logical Thinking

DeLuca

Scouten

1980

Journal of Educational Technology Systems

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“…PIAGET 'S (1928, 1932) early conception of the nature of concrete and formal operational thought has been supported by the more recent work of Inhelder and Piaget (1958) and by other studies using tasks described in the later book (Lmell, 1961 ;Jackson, 1965 ;Pumfrey, 1968 ;Dale, 1970 ;Neimark, 1970 ; Bart, 1971).…”

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confidence: 89%

The Pendulum Problem: Patterns of Performance Defining Developmental Stages

Somerville

1974

Brit J of Edu Psychol

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Summary. Performance on Inhelder and Piaget's pendulum problem was obtained as a validating measure in a study of the transition from concrete to formal thinking. The sample consisted of 236 children aged from 10 to 14 years. A detailed scoring procedure was devised, which distinguished method from content aspects of performance on the problem and which allows categorisation of each child into one of nine developmental stages. Quantitative performance scores were also derived. Overall level of performance on the pendulum problem is strongly related to age, but not to sex or to school attended. In general, the results support Inhelder and Piaget's account of the transition from concrete to formal thinking. However, a specific problem, for their theory, arises from the relationship between method and content aspects of performance in the early formal operational stage (IIIA). This problem is discussed in detail and attention is drawn to the effects of a child's expectations on his performance.

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“…As the original Genevan method, the méthode clinique remains the conventional means of investigating operational ability (Dale 1970;Lovell 1961;Somerville 1974). However, during the course of testing in the present study, three procedural aspects in the administration of the pendulum problem were identified which provide potential for misinterpretation of performances in the individual méthode clinique situation.…”

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What the Pendulum Can Tell Educators about Children’s Scientific Reasoning

Stafford¹

2004

Sci Educ

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Inhelder and Piaget (1958) studied schoolchildren's understanding of a simple pendulum as a means of investigating the development of the control of variables scheme and the ceteris paribus principle central to scientific experimentation. The time-consuming nature of the individual interview technique used by Inhelder has led to the development of a whole range of group test techniques aimed at testing the empirical validity and increasing the practical utility of Piaget's work. The Rasch measurement techniques utilized in this study reveal that the Piagetian Reasoning Task III -Pendulum and the méthode clinique interview reveal the same underlying ability. Of particular interest to classroom teachers is the evidence that some individuals produced rather disparate performances across the two testing situations. The implications of the commonalities and individual differences in performance for interpreting children's scientific understanding are discussed.

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The growth of systematic thinking: Replication and analysis of piaget's first chemical experiment

Cited by 41 publications

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A Microcomputer System as a Tool for Research in Logical Thinking

A Microcomputer System as a Tool for Research in Logical Thinking

The Pendulum Problem: Patterns of Performance Defining Developmental Stages

What the Pendulum Can Tell Educators about Children’s Scientific Reasoning

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