Effects of Training on Four-Year-Ols' Ability to Solve Geometric Analogy Problems
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Cognition and Instruction
- Vol. 3 (3) , 261-268
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s1532690xci0303_6
Abstract
This investigation examined the effects of training on four-year-olds' ability to solve geometric analogy problems. Twenty children participated in three consecutive training sessions that were based on component processes underlying analogical reasoning. Trained participants consistently outperformed non-trained participants on the geometric analogy task, and the effects of that training were found to maintain for a 1-month period. It was also found that the verbal responses of the trained group reflected greater attention to the higher-order relations within and between pairs of terms in the analogy problems following training.Keywords
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