Monolingual and bilingual children show no differences in the types of errors committed on the perspective-taking task¶

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

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Language groups did not differ in egocentric, oriented, or structured error rates. → 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 · i? · associational · r2

Chi-square tests on error frequencies (children classified as committing or not committing each error type using a cutoff of more than 3 of 12 trials) found "no language group differences for egocentric errors" or the other two error types.

"There were no language group differences for egocentric errors, χ2(1) = 1.70, n.s., oriented errors, χ2 < 1, or structured errors, χ2 = < 1."

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 — related
• Bilingual 8-year-olds are more accurate than monolingual 8-year-olds on a computerized spatial perspective-taking task — related
• Language group predicts perspective-taking accuracy after controlling for receptive vocabulary and fluid intelligence — related