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ERIC Number: EJ517167
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Constraints on Accessing Abstract Source Information: Instantiation of Principles Facilitates Children's Analogical Transfer.
Chen, Zhe; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v87 n3 p445-54 Sep 1995
Two experiments involving 163 children were conducted to investigate the circumstances under which an abstract statement promotes analogical problem solving in children. External instantiation (providing concrete examples with the statement) and internal instantiation (encouraging learners to generate concrete examples) were equally effective in promoting transfer. (SLD)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Analogy, Children, Elementary Education, Problem Solving, Transfer of Training
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Constraints; Examples; Generative Processes; Instantiation Hypothesis
Note: Research supported by Grant 24711 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Portions of the paper were presented at the biennial Conference on Human Development (Richmond, VA, March 1990) and the Society for Research in Child Development (New Orleans, LA, March 1993).