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Peer reviewedPierce, Karen A.; Gholson, Barry – Developmental Psychology, 1994
Surface and relational similarity were examined in two experiments involving isomorphic and nonisomorphic analogical transfer, using direct-mapping and cross-mapping conditions. In the first experiment, third and sixth graders exhibited mapping based on relational similarity more frequently than did kindergartners; in the second, most four- to…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classification, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes
