Analogical Transfer in Very Young Children: Combining Two Separately Learned Solutions to Reach a Goal.

Crisafi, Maria A.; Brown, Ann L.

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ERIC Number: EJ341748

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Publication Date: 1986

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Analogical Transfer in Very Young Children: Combining Two Separately Learned Solutions to Reach a Goal.

Crisafi, Maria A.; Brown, Ann L.

Child Development, v57 n4 p953-68 Aug 1986

Describes five studies in which the learning and transfer abilities of two- and four-year-old children were examined on a task that required them to combine two separately learned solutions to reach a goal. (HOD)

Descriptors: Analogy, Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Learning Processes, Logical Thinking, Problem Solving, Schemata (Cognition), Transfer of Training, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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