Piagetian Operations and Field Independence as Factors in Children's Problem-Solving Performance

Abstract

SAARNI, CAROLYN INGRID. Piagetian Operations and Field Independence as Factors in Children's Problem-solving Performance. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1973, 44, 338-345. 2 formal operational tasks and the rod and frame test were administered to 64 middle-class young adolescents, evenly divided according to sex and grade. Their performance on 2 complex, multistep problems was evaluated according to level of field independence nested within level of cognitive development. The results indicated that Piagetian developmental level significantly predicted problemsolving performance, whereas level of field independence did not appear to clarify individual differences in a meaningful way. Significant sex differences were found on the rod and frame test but not on the formal operational tasks.

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