Developmental Psychology · 1991 · 90 citations · 16 references
EducationEducational PsychologyPsychologyChild DevelopmentCognitive DevelopmentDevelopmental PsychologyCollaborative Problem SolvingPeer LearningProblem SolvingProblem-solving StrategiesReasoning DevelopmentSocial ReasoningChild Problem SolvingChild Social Problem SolvingFormal Operational ThoughtFormal ReasoningLearning By Problem SolvingPeer Problem SolvingProblem-solving BehaviorProblem-solving Development
Studies have shown that preoperational children working with peers in a variety of problem-solving contexts achieve higher levels of reasoning than do children working individually. The present study extended these findings developmentally and longitudinal by testing the effects of different kinds of sociocognitive interactions on college students' attainment of formal operational reasoning. Ss were randomly assigned to either dyadic (experimental) or individual (control) problem-solving conditions and were given a series of increasingly more difficult formal operational tasks across 6 sessions.
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