Learning Trajectories in Analogical Reasoning

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The handle http://hdl.handle.net/1887/24301 holds various files of this Leiden University
dissertation
Author: Pronk, C.M.E.
Title: Learning trajectories in analogical reasoning : exploring individual differences in
children’s strategy paths
Issue Date: 2014-02-19
Learning Trajectories in Analogical Reasoning
Exploring Individual Differences in Children’s Strategy Paths
Christine M.E. Pronk
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Learning Trajectories in Analogical Reasoning
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden,
op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof.mr. C.J.J.M. Stolker,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties
te verdedigen op woensdag 19 februari 2014
klokke 15.00 uur
door
Christine Maria Elizabeth Pronk
geboren te Amersfoort
in 1980
Promotie commissie
Promotor:
Prof. dr. W. C. M. Resing
Co-promotor:
Prof. dr. J.G. Elliott
Overige leden:
Prof. dr. Karl H. Wiedl
Prof. dr. Paul L. C. Van Geert
Dr. Mark J. de Rooij
Contents
1
General Introduction
2
Inter- and intra-individual variability in the process of change in the use of
analogical strategies to solve geometric tasks in children: A microgenetic
analysis
17
2.1
Introduction
19
2.2
Method
22
2.3
Results
26
2.4
Discussion
36
3
4
5
6
7
The influence of dynamic testing and working-memory capacity on
children’s analogical reasoning: A microgenetic investigation using
multilevel analysis
45
3.1
Introduction
47
3.2
Method
50
3.3
Results
53
3.4
Discussion
57
Inter and intra variability in children’s strategy change paths when
solving figural analogies: A microgenetic dynamic testing study, utilizing
multilevel analysis
67
4.1
Introduction
69
4.2
Method
73
4.3
Results
77
4.4
Discussion
96
What can an analogical construction task reveal about changes in
children’s problem-solving strategy?
103
5.1
Introduction
105
5.2
Method
108
5.3
Results
112
5.4
Discussion
118
General Discussion
123
References
131
Summary in Dutch
143
Curriculum Vitae
149
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