@inproceedings{8dc93433d56549089c6462404d02b52d,
title = "Effects of Comparison and Explanation on Analogical Transfer",
abstract = "Although comparison and explanation have typically been studied independently, recent work suggests connections between these processes. Three experiments investigated effects of comparison and explanation on analogical problem solving. In Experiment 1, explaining the solutions to two analogous stories increased spontaneous transfer to an analogical problem. In Experiment 2, explaining a single story promoted analogical transfer, but only after receiving a hint that may have facilitated comparison. In Experiment 3, irrelevant stories were interspersed among the two story analogs to block unprompted comparison; prompts to compare were effective, but prompts to explain were not. This pattern suggests that effects of explanation on analogical transfer may be greatest when combined with comparison.",
keywords = "Comparison, analogical transfer, explanation, learning, problem solving",
author = "Edwards, {Brian J.} and Williams, {Joseph Jay} and Dedre Gentner and Tania Lombrozo",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2014. All rights reserved.; 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2014 ; Conference date: 23-07-2014 Through 26-07-2014",
year = "2014",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2014",
publisher = "The Cognitive Science Society",
pages = "445--450",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2014",
}