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Clé de citation BibTeX: Gentner
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Gentner, D., & Christie, S. (2006). Using numbers to structure space. Proceedings of the Twenty-eighth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society,
Ajoutée par: Sterenn Audo 2008-01-21 16:04:54
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Résumé
We investigated the claim that relational language promotes
the development of relational reasoning (Gentner, 2003).
Prior research has shown the benefit of spatial relational
language (e.g. top, middle, bottom) in preschoolers’
performance in spatial mapping (Loewenstein and Gentner,
2005), suggesting that spatial relational language invites a
delineated relational representation. We generalized this
conclusion by testing the benefit of using nonspatial relational
language in a spatial analogical task. Preschool children were
presented with two identical three-tiered boxes, in which they
watched an item being hidden in one box and were then asked
to search for a similar item in the corresponding location at
the second box. Half of the children heard a set of systematic
terms conveying monotonic structure (1 2 3), whereas the
other half of the children heard non-systematic terms
consisting of names of familiar animals. Both sets of terms
are familiar to preschoolers and neither directly denotes
spatial locations. We found that preschool children who heard
the 123 labels performed better than those who heard animal
names. The results are evidence of young children’s
sensitivity to the relational structure conveyed by language,
and to their ability to apply this structure into a different
domain.
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