Working memory as a moderator of training and transfer of analogical reasoning in children

• Published in: Contemporary educational psychology Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 159 - 169
• Main Authors: Stevenson, Claire E., Heiser, Willem J., Resing, Wilma C.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01.07.2013; Elsevier; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Analogical reasoning; Analogies; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child development; Children; Children & youth; Cognition & reasoning; Cognitive change; Developmental psychology; Dynamic testing; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Inductive reasoning; Item Response Theory; Logical Thinking; Memory; Moderators; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Regression analysis; Task performance; Thinking Skills; Training; Transfer; Working memory; Cognitive change; Transfer; Analogical reasoning; Dynamic testing; Item response theory; Human; Memory; Psychometrics; Cognition; Analogy reasoning; School age; Problem solving; Cognitive development; Working memory; Child

► We trained children in figural analogical reasoning. ► Visuo-spatial working memory moderated training effects. ► Neither visuo-spatial nor verbal working memory moderated transfer effects. ► Transfer was related to initial ability for an analogy construction task. Working memory is related to chi...