{"pk":26665,"title":"Using analogical comparison to help children learn the day-night cycle","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Children have difficulty reconciling their observations of the sky (an Earth-based perspective) with scientific modelsof the solar system (space-based perspectives) (e.g., Vosniadou & Brewer, 1994). Analogical comparison could be an effectiveway to address this cognitive challenge. By comparing and aligning different perspectives on events, such as sunrise, childrenmay develop a more coherent understanding of the solar system. The present experiment tested this theory by varying the pres-ence of explicit comparisons between Earth-based and space-based perspectives during a multi-day lesson about the day-nightcycle. Children (N=63, Mean age=8.57) were randomly assigned to one of four learning conditions: one that involved guidedcomparison of perspectives, two that involved similar tasks but without comparison, or a control (no instruction) condition. Wefound that children in the guided comparison condition had the greatest learning gains on a task that involved demonstratingthe day-night cycle using a model Earth and Sun.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Member Abstracts","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6vh7n6rf","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Benjamin","middle_name":"","last_name":"Jee","name_suffix":"","institution":"Worcester State University","department":""},{"first_name":"Florencia","middle_name":"","last_name":"Anggoro","name_suffix":"","institution":"College of the Holy Cross","department":""},{"first_name":"Natalie","middle_name":"","last_name":"Evans","name_suffix":"","institution":"College of the Holy Cross","department":""},{"first_name":"Caitlin","middle_name":"","last_name":"Murphy","name_suffix":"","institution":"College of the Holy Cross","department":""},{"first_name":"Jessica","middle_name":"","last_name":"Tran","name_suffix":"","institution":"College of the Holy Cross","department":""},{"first_name":"Caroline","middle_name":"","last_name":"Morano","name_suffix":"","institution":"College of the Holy Cross","department":""},{"first_name":"Amanda","middle_name":"","last_name":"McCarthy","name_suffix":"","institution":"College of the Holy Cross","department":""},{"first_name":"Victoria","middle_name":"","last_name":"Jackson","name_suffix":"","institution":"College of the Holy Cross","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2016-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/26665/galley/16301/download/"}]}