THE ASSESSMENT OF FORMAL OPERATIONS: ORGANISMIC AND TASK CONSTRAINTS.
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Title
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THE ASSESSMENT OF FORMAL OPERATIONS: ORGANISMIC AND TASK CONSTRAINTS.
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Identifier
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AAI8508712
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identifier
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8508712
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Creator
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MAGZAMEN, SOL I.
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Contributor
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David Bearison
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Date
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1985
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Developmental
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Abstract
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Three tasks having the underlying structure of Piaget's INRC group were given to 157 subjects from 11 to 16 years of age as individuals and dyads. Subjects' strategies were predicted from Piaget's theories of formal operations, causality and equilibration. Pascual-Leone's construct of m-power was utilized in predicting performances of different groups on four dependent measures. The results supported the hypotheses in general. In particular, the predicted control of variables strategy, called the operator strategy, was found to be the predominant means used by high m-power 13- to 14-year-olds. Eleven to 12-year-olds utilized a concrete combinatorial approach called the pattern strategy. An unpredicted combinatorial strategy, consistent with Piaget's theory, was found at 15 to 16 years. Further, results for the three tasks were in accord with their relative levels of difficulty as determined by their so-called m-demand. Subjects consistently utilized their age-characteristic operative strategies to attempt solutions of the different tasks, despite producing different levels of performance on other measures in accord with the complexity of the tasks. Also, sex differences in competence and performance were found at all ages. Results were discussed in the context of individual differences in development as determined by subjects' levels of m-power and their gender. Educational implications of the results were discussed.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Educational Psychology
