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THE APPLICATION OF PIAGET'S SCHEMA OF OPERATIONAL THINKING TO RELIGIOUS STORY DATA BY MEANS OF THE GUTTMAN SCALOGRAM
Author(s) -
GOLDMAN R. J.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1965.tb01800.x
Subject(s) - guttman scale , psychology , schema (genetic algorithms) , cognition , developmental psychology , computer science , neuroscience , machine learning
S ummary . A research into children's capacity to understand religious concepts was designed on a clinical interview basis. A standardised procedure was devised to elicit responses to religious pictures and stories and administered to a stratified random sample of 200 pupils with ages ranging from 6: 1 to 17: 11. Some forty responses for each child were evaluated on the criteria of Piaget's schema of operational thinking. Scoring reliability was safeguarded in the Piagetian evaluation by the use of independent judges familiar with the criteria and a suitable level of correlation between the investigator's and the independent judges' scores. Assessment of the validity of Piaget's schema was made by arranging scores in order of chronological age, mental age and total score and the use of the Guttman Scalogram. In all five items selected suitable reliabilities were found and the sequences of Piaget's schema of operational thinking were seen to be valid when applied to religious story data. Several discrepancies of age levels and general results are discussed, together with the implications for a theory of religious cognition.