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==Brief statement of principle==
 
==Brief statement of principle==
Analogical comparison operates through aligning and mapping two example problem representations to one another and then extracting their commonalities (Gentner, 1983; Gick & Holyoak, 1983; Hummel & Holyoak, 2003). This process discards the elements of the knowledge representation that do not overlap between two examples but preserves the common elements. The resulting knowledge organization typically consists of fewer superficial similarities (than the examples) but retains the deep causal structure of the problems.
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Analogical comparison can facilitate schema abstraction and transfer of that knowledge to new problem. By comparing the commonalities between two examples, students could focus on the causal structure and improve their learning about the concept.
Research on analogy and schema learning has shown that the acquisition of schematic knowledge promotes flexible transfer to novel problems. Many researchers have found a positive relationship between the quality of the abstracted schema and transfer to a novel problem that is an instance of that schema (Catrambone & Holyoak, 1989; Gick & Holyoak, 1983; Novick & Holyoak, 1991).
 
  
 
==Description of principle==
 
==Description of principle==

Revision as of 16:31, 25 March 2008

Brief statement of principle

Analogical comparison can facilitate schema abstraction and transfer of that knowledge to new problem. By comparing the commonalities between two examples, students could focus on the causal structure and improve their learning about the concept.

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