Appendix 5.15
Distribution of children’s responses in the inference task by age for both post tests
___________4 year olds_____ |
________________________________5 year olds_______________ |
_______________6 year olds_______________________ | ||||||||||
Immediate |
________Delayed_____ ___ |
_______Immediate_____ |
Delayed |
Immediate |
Delayed_____________ | |||||||
% |
n |
_____% |
n__________ |
____% |
n_______ |
% |
n______ |
% |
n_______ |
% |
n_____________ | |
Dk |
24.2 |
31 |
21.9 |
^^28 |
19.5 |
25 |
10.9 |
14 |
14.8 |
"^19 |
11.7 |
15 |
Irre |
8.6 |
11 |
7.8 |
10 |
5.5 |
7 |
7 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
2.3 |
3 |
Act |
44.5 |
57 |
45.3 |
58 |
46 |
59 |
42.2 |
54 |
39 |
50 |
37.5 |
48 |
Fu |
22.6 |
29 |
25 |
32 |
28.9 |
37 |
39.8 |
51 |
45.3 |
58 |
48.4 |
62 |
N |
128 |
128 ~ |
128 |
128 |
128 |
128 |
Abbreviations: Dk=Don,t know; Irre=Irrelevant; Act=Action on the object; Fu=Functional properties
Appendix 5.16
Distribution of children’s responses in the inference task by linguistic condition for both post tests
________Inference_________ |
______________Analogy |
______________Contrast |
___________Definition____________________________ | |||||||||||||
Immediate |
Delayed |
Immediate |
________Delayed |
Immediate_____ |
Delayed |
Immediate |
Delayed_____________ | |||||||||
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
_____% |
n |
% |
n________ |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n_____________ | |
Dk |
7.3 |
7 |
6.2 |
6 |
30.2 |
~29 |
14.6 |
14 |
16.6 |
"^16 |
19.8 |
19 |
23.9 |
~23 |
18.7 |
18 |
Irre |
4.2 |
4 |
7.3 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
5.2 |
5 |
5.2 |
5 |
5.2 |
5 |
8.4 |
8 |
5.2 |
5 |
Act |
62.5 |
60 |
47.9 |
46 |
35.4 |
34 |
36.4 |
35 |
38.5 |
37 |
43.7 |
42 |
36.4 |
35 |
38.5 |
37 |
Fu |
26 |
25 |
38.5 |
37 |
32.3 |
31 |
43.7 |
42 |
39.6 |
38 |
31.2 |
30 |
31.2 |
30 |
37.5 |
36 |
N |
96 |
96 |
96 |
96 |
96 ' |
96 |
96 |
96 |
Abbreviations: Dk=Don,t know; Irre=Irrelevant; Act=Action on the object; Fu=Functional properties