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
ISBN 978-90-8891-818-6
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
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
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Contents
1 General Introduction 7
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 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
4 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
5 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
6 General Discussion 123
References 131
Summary in Dutch 143
Curriculum Vitae 149
