Sarah N Clerjuste, Claire Guang, Dana Miller-Cotto, Nicole M McNeil
Unpacking the challenges and predictors of elementary-middle school students' use of the distributive property
Journal of experimental child psychology
metaphor development conjunction verbal intelligence linguistic competence middle childhood transition early adolescence investigated 298 individuals seven ten years chronological age attended grades twofour mental age tested metaphor processing metaphoric triads task linguistic competence held verbal intelligence wisciii chronological age significantly predicted metaphor processing breakpoint 82 years regarding identification comprehension 102 years regarding preference fourthgraders showed highest metaphor processing scores verbal intelligence significantly predicted metaphor processing effect became stronger increasing age attributional metaphors best understood preferred chronological mental age associated metaphor processing age span seemingly crucial metaphor development verbal analogical reasoning concept formation verbal abstraction semantic knowledge predicted metaphor comprehension understanding facts principles social situations resultant inferential verbal reasoning predicted metaphor preference