• The older children performed better than the younger ones. Age was a significant
factor for children’s performance for both post tests. Post hoc analysis for the
immediate post test revealed that the 5- and 6 year-olds performed significantly better
than the 4 year-olds. No significant differences were found between the 5- and the 6
year-olds. The same pattern was found for the delayed post test.

• The same pattern was evident within each linguistic condition for both post tests.
Significant differences were found in the Inference, Analogy and Lexical contrast
conditions. No significant differences were found in the Definition condition.

To what extent does children’s performance on the analogy task differ by linguistic
condition?

• Children’s performance on the analogy task differed significantly by linguistic
condition for both post tests. Children in the Analogy condition performed
significantly better than children in the other conditions. The same pattern was also
found within each age group.

To what extent does children ^,s success in the analogy task change between the immediate
and delayed post test ?

• There was a trend for the children to perform worse during the delayed than the
immediate post test. The same pattern was found within each age group and
linguistic condition except for the Analogy condition. Children from the Analogy
condition performed significantly better during the delayed than the immediate post
test.

To what extent does children ^,s performance on the Analogy task differ by their existing
vocabulary?

• Children’s performance did not differ significantly by their existing vocabulary. The
same pattern was found within each age group and linguistic condition.

To what extent does children ^,s performance on the analogy task differ by their phonological
memory?

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