Bilingual 8-year-olds are more accurate than monolingual 8-year-olds on a computerized spatial perspective-taking task¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2013 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i2 Bilingual children obtained higher proportion-correct scores than monolingual children on the perspective-taking task across observer positions. → Greenberg Anastasia 2013

Evidence¶

Greenberg Anastasia 2013¶

Greenberg Anastasia, Bellana Buddhika, Bialystok Ellen. (2013). Perspective-Taking Ability in Bilingual Children: Extending Advantages in Executive Control to Spatial Reasoning. Cognitive Development. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2012.10.002

q3 · i2 · associational · r2

Experiment with 82 8-year-olds (45 monolingual, 37 bilingual) tested individually on a 12-trial computerized perspective-taking task. A three-way ANOVA on proportion correct found "a significant effect of language group, F(1, 78) = 9.52, MSE = .23, p < .003, d = .69".

"a significant effect of language group, F(1, 78) = 9.52, MSE = .23, p < .003, d = .69, 95% CI[.63, .75]"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Reading and Language — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
• Social Awareness and Relationship Skills — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• The bilingual advantage in perspective taking appears at the 180° and 270° observer positions but not at the 90° position — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Monolingual and bilingual children show no differences in the types of errors committed on the perspective-taking task — related
• Language group predicts perspective-taking accuracy after controlling for receptive vocabulary and fluid intelligence — related
• Bilingual children show faster trail-making B performance, while Indian bilinguals are faster on Trails A and monolinguals score higher on receptive vocabulary — related