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Dynamic testing and transfer: An examination of children's problem-solving strategies

Resing, W.C.M.; Bakker, M.; Pronk, C.M.E.; Elliott, J.

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W.C.M. Resing

M. Bakker

C.M.E. Pronk



Abstract

This study examined the problem-solving behaviour of 104 children (aged 7–8 years) when tackling construction-analogy tasks. Children were allocated to one of two conditions: either a form of unguided practice alone or this in combination with training based on graduated prompt techniques. Children's ability to solve figural open-ended analogy-problems was investigated as well as their ability to construct new analogy problems themselves. We examined children's progression in solving analogy problems and the variability in their strategy-use. Results showed that the group that received training made greater progress in solving analogy problems than children who only received unguided practice opportunities. However, the training appeared to give no additional improvement in performance on the transfer task over that of repeated unguided practice alone. Findings from this study demonstrate that an open construction task can provide additional information about children's cognitive learning potential.

Citation

Resing, W., Bakker, M., Pronk, C., & Elliott, J. (2016). Dynamic testing and transfer: An examination of children's problem-solving strategies. Learning and Individual Differences, 49, 110-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2016.05.011

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 20, 2016
Online Publication Date Jun 8, 2016
Publication Date Jul 1, 2016
Deposit Date May 25, 2016
Publicly Available Date Jun 8, 2017
Journal Learning and Individual Differences
Print ISSN 1041-6080
Electronic ISSN 1873-3425
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 49
Pages 110-119
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2016.05.011
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1403863

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