Children's analogical problem solving: the effects of superficial, structural, and procedural similarity

Article Abstract:

Similarity of structural relations and superficial features between source and target problems facilitates analogical problem solving in the process of drawing analogical relations in five to eight year old children. Procedural operations similarity enhances successful transfer of analogous solutions to a novel problem solution. Both younger and older children can efficiently perceive and utilize cognitive processes involved in various types of similarity in analogical problem solving. Theoretical implications for theories of analogous problem solving are discussed.

Transfer of training, Problem solving in children, Childhood problem solving, Analogy

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The roles of estimation and the commutativity principle in the development of third graders' mental multiplication

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Third graders with negligible mastery of multiplication combinations involving factors from three to nine were assigned to two groups, undertaking different subsets of combinations and then retested. The results did not agree with R.S. Siegler's proposal that item specific computational practice is required to promote changes in error patterns and combination mastery. They did however agree with the hypothesis that children develop increasingly flexible and accurate estimation processes, using relational knowledge, to master combinations.

Research, Child psychology, Third grade (Education)

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Estimation of Euclidian quantity by 5- and 6-year-old children: facilitating a multiplication rule

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A study of the process of sizing up Euclidian objects by children reveals that they use addition rule instead of multiplicative rule. Allowing the children to handle the object affects the changing of their perception of the size of Euclidian objects within a week. Children apply additive rules of integration on being subject to visual stimuli, and significant interactions can change their perceptions of volume.

Psychological aspects, Euclidean geometry

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