What parents can take from this research
Children can become better at seeing the structure shared by different-looking examples when learning deliberately draws those relationships together.
What the research found
Comparing and connecting multiple examples helped children focus on relational structure rather than only surface features.
Full citation
Ji Y. Son, Linda B. Smith & Robert L. Goldstone (2011). Connecting instances to promote children's relational reasoning. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.08.011.
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