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ERIC Number: EJ576494
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
What Responses to Domain-Specific Analogy Problems Reveal about Emerging Competence: A New Perspective on an Old Acquaintance.
Alexander, Patricia A.; Murphy, P. Karen; Kulikowich, Jonna M.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v90 n3 p397-406 Sep 1998
Two studies involving 448 sixth graders and 329 college undergraduates investigated the categorization of students' correct and incorrect responses to domain-specific analogy problems. Cross-study results provided support for the response categories proposed by P. Alexander (1990) and their hierarchical structure. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Tests, Competence, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Higher Education, Intermediate Grades, Responses, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Analogies; Domain Knowledge; Hierarchical Models
Note: Research partially supported by the Spencer Foundation through a fellowship awarded by the National Academy of Education. Version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Chicago, IL, April 1997).