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Peer reviewedAlexander, Patricia A.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1987
Experiments involving a componential approach to analogy training were conducted with 36 fourth, 34 eighth, and 96 tenth graders. Results indicate a significant positive effect on all students' verbal analogy skills and no significant effect on fourth graders' inferential skills. In-class training and reading/language arts instruction implications…
Descriptors: Analogy, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
