The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between Piagetian level of cognitive development and performance on the Florida Statewide Student Assessment Test (SSAT) Parts I and II. Specifically, cognitive development, as measured by the Science Reasoning Test (SRT), was correlated with the factors of sex, socioeconomic status and the number of skills mastered on the SSAT, Part I and SSAT, Part II. / Socioeconomic status was determined based on the federal guidelines for student eligibility for the free lunch program. For the purposes of this study, all students who qualified for the free lunch program were classified as disadvantaged. / The sample consisted of 145 high school students enrolled in general ability level or above English classes at a high school in Leon County, Florida. / A statistically significant positive correlation was found between performance on a test of the Piagetian formal level of cognitive development (SRT) and performance on both SSAT-I and SSAT-II. / It was also found that advantaged students did better on the SRT and the SSAT, Parts I and II, than did disadvantaged students. / There was no statistically significant difference between the performance of male and female students on the SRT. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-10, Section: A, page: 4388. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74650 |
| Contributors | LENKWAY, PETER JOHN., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 74 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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