Hence, it allows investigation of the development of counterfactual reasoning without the complexity of the contextual inference.
To test the causative relationship between clinical part of the medical curriculum and the development of moral reasoning, we used the combined study design derived from Schaie's description of a general model for study of developmental problems [14].
Moreover, the DSM-IV criteria "intense fear of gaining weight" as well as "a distortion of body image [ 21] are rarely reported by children and young adolescents and likely depend on the development of abstract reasoning, culture, and the stage of the disease.
First, student reasoning alone, regardless of its application, provided valuable insights into how students approach phylogenetic trees and aided development of the taxa-relatedness reasoning rubric (Supplemental Material).
In this regard, our results may partially be attributed to the fact that the highest CAP score is not complex enough to assess auditory functions that are needed for development of the higher verbal reasoning skills that are tested in verbal IQ tests.
This chapter describes the mechanisms of change in the development of mathematical reasoning and focuses on the change mechanisms that apply in the development of mathematical reasoning.
In our study, the RPL was placed within a theoretical block thus, supporting the development of clinical reasoning skills which was one of the main goals of that particular block.
According to the cognitive-developmental approach based on Kolberg's ideas [2], the development of moral reasoning occurs through change in the proportions of three cognitive schemas used while reasoning about a moral dilemma [2].
However, deeper analysis of the interview data at more detailed lower level coding allows for further exploration of the development of and reasoning behind these ostensibly unhelpful beliefs.
Although the applications of concept maps for student learning are extraordinarily wide-ranging, student-generated maps tell us the most about the development of students' reasoning (Novak, 2005).
