Analogical Processes in Language Learning

2006

119 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Citations in the corpus

Using Relational Reasoning to Learn About Scientific Phenomena at Unfamiliar Scales (2016, background): “The more commonalities that exist between the base and target concepts, and if these commonalities are highlighted, the more salient corresponding relations will be (Gentner and Namy 2006).”
Learning to de-escalate: The effects of regret in escalation of commitment (2008, background): “Although knowledge transfer is difficult to achieve (Bransford et al., 1989; Gentner & Markman, 1997; Reeves & Weisberg, 1994), individuals who engage in deep thinking to understand the underlying structure of a situation (Gentner et al., 2003; Gentner & Namy, 2006; Loewenstein et al., 1999; Thomp”
Bootstrapping the Mind: Analogical Processes and Symbol Systems (2010, unknown): “My colleagues and I have proposed four ways in which language interacts with analogical processes to foster learning and development (Gentner, 2003; Gentner & Christie, in press; Gentner & Namy, 2006; Loewenstein & Gentner, 2005).”
Teaching the Conceptual Structure of Mathematics (2012, unknown): “Comparison may play a key role in children's learning of basic relations (eg, comparative adjectives such as “bigger than”) from nonrelational inputs (Doumas, Hummel, & Sandhofer, 2008 ), and in language learning more generally (Gentner & Namy, 2006 ).”