Koopmans M
Yeshiva University.
Percept Mot Skills. 1990 Aug;71(1):335-8. doi: 10.2466/pms.1990.71.1.335.
The purpose of the present study was to measure the effects of language proficiency and grade (age) on the reasoning of Puerto Rican bilingual children in elementary school. 20 syllogisms were administered, 10 in English and 10 in Spanish, and accuracy of and strategy for solution were examined. Solutions were more often accurate, and the proportion of theoretical explanations given for them was higher in Spanish. Differences by grade were not significant except a higher proportion of theoretical explanations were given by children in Grade 5 for syllogisms in Spanish.
本研究的目的是衡量语言能力和年级（年龄）对波多黎各双语小学生推理能力的影响。我们进行了20个三段论推理测试，其中10个用英语，10个用西班牙语，并对解答的准确性和策略进行了考察。解答在西班牙语测试中更常是准确的，并且对解答给出理论解释的比例更高。除了五年级学生对西班牙语三段论给出理论解释的比例更高外，各年级之间的差异并不显著。
