Applying the reflective judgement model for
evaluation of adult intellectual development
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Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej
im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej w Warszawie
Publication date: 2014-09-30
JoMS 2014;22(3):437-455
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The purpose of this article is to present The Reflective Judgment
Model. This model describes the developmental progress that occurs between
periods of adolescence and adulthood. The progress is observed in
the ways that people understand processes of knowing and the certainty
of knowledge claims and how they justify their beliefs. The Reflective
Judgment model is composed of three distinct levels: “Pre-Reflective,”
“Quasi-Reflective,” and “Reflective.” People at the lowest - “pre-reflective” -
stages are convinced of the absolute correctness of knowledge. The “quasireflexive”
stages are accompanied by the assumption that knowledge contains
elements of uncertainty and is context sensitive. “Reflective” stages
encompass the epistemological assumption that there is no single, fixedtime
understanding of the world.
A standardized interview is used to measure the level of reflective
thinking. The Reflective Judgment Inventory questionnaire consists of
a number of cognitive statements, that have multiple solutions, followed
up by additional questions. The results of the educational research show
that the ability to assess reflectively increases with age.