ERIC Number: EJ1190438
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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Changes over Time and Transfer of Analogy-Problem Solving of Gifted and Non-Gifted Children in a Dynamic Testing Setting
Vogelaar, Bart; Resing, Wilma C. M.
Educational Psychology, v38 n7 p898-914 2018
This study examined differences in transfer of analogical reasoning after analogy-problem solving between 40 gifted and 95 average-ability children (aged 9-10 years old), utilising dynamic testing principles. This approach was used in order to examine potential differences between gifted and average-ability children in relation to progression after training, and with regard to the question whether training children in analogy problem-solving elicits transfer of analogical reasoning skills to an analogy construction-task. Children were allocated to one of two experimental conditions: either children received unguided practice in analogy problem-solving, or they were provided with this in addition to training incorporating graduated prompting techniques. The results showed that gifted and average-ability children who were trained made more progress in analogy problem-solving than their peers who received unguided practice experiences only. Gifted and average-ability children were found to show similar progression in analogy problem-solving, and gifted children did not appear to have an advantage in the analogy-construction transfer task. The dynamic training seemed to bring about no additional improvement on the transfer task over that of unguided practice experiences only.
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Problem Solving, Gifted, Children, Transfer of Training, Prompting, Drills (Practice), Training, Instructional Effectiveness, Alternative Assessment, Skill Development, Foreign Countries, Intelligence Tests, Pretests Posttests
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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