Computerized dynamic testing of children's potential for reasoning by analogy: The role of executive functioning.
This study aimed to investigate children's potential for reasoning by analogy utilizing a newly‐developed computerized dynamic test, and the potential differential influence of executive functions (cognitive flexibility, attention, and planning) on static and dynamic measures of analogical reasoning...
| Published in: | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 632 - 645 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jun2021
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