Bilingually educated high-school students show smaller switching costs (greater cognitive flexibility) than regularly educated peers¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Dutch high-school students taught in both English and Dutch showed smaller switching costs on a global–local switching paradigm than students following regular Dutch classes, indicating greater cognitive flexibility. → I.K. Christoffels 2015

Evidence¶

I.K. Christoffels 2015¶

I.K. Christoffels, L. Steenbergen, W.P.M. van den Wildenberg, L.S. Colzato. (2015). Two is better than one: bilingual education promotes the flexible mind. Psychological Research, 79(3), 371-379. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-014-0575-3

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Controlled comparison of two groups of Dutch high-school students, one taught in both English and Dutch and one in regular Dutch classes, on a global–local switching paradigm. The bilingually educated group "showed smaller switching costs (i.e., greater cognitive flexibility)" than the regular group, as predicted. No effect size is printed.

"As predicted, the bilingually educated group showed smaller switching costs (i.e., greater cognitive flexibility) and a decreased global precedence effect than the regular group."

Discussion¶

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