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Children’s Use of Analogy During Collaborative Reasoning
Author(s) -
Lin TzuJung,
Anderson Richard C.,
Hummel John E.,
Jadallah May,
Miller Brian W.,
NguyenJahiel Kim,
Morris Joshua A.,
Kuo LiJen,
Kim IlHee,
Wu Xiaoying,
Dong Ting
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01784.x
Subject(s) - analogy , analogical reasoning , psychology , cognition , developmental psychology , cognitive development , concept learning , child development , cognitive psychology , epistemology , philosophy , neuroscience
This microgenetic study examined social influences on children’s development of analogical reasoning during peer‐led small‐group discussions of stories about controversial issues. A total of 277 analogies were identified among 7,215 child turns for speaking during 54 discussions from 18 discussion groups in 6 fourth‐grade classrooms ( N = 120; age M = 10.0, SD = 0.6). Use of analogy was found to spread among the children in discussion groups and occur at an accelerating rate, primarily because of the increasing use of novel analogies. Relational analogies with shared surface features triggered purely relational analogies during the next 2 speaking turns, showing a trend of relational shift. These results provide distinctive new evidence for the importance of social interaction in an aspect of cognitive development.