Major focus area

Speech Therapy -> Expressive Language

Short description

Analogical Reasoning Technique is an instructional strategy where the SLP teaches the patient how to take existing knowledge from one situation and apply it to a novel situation (Masterson & Perrey, 1999).

Long description

Analogical Reasoning Technique is an instructional strategy where the SLP teaches the patient how to take existing knowledge from one situation and apply it to a novel situation.

Method: Sessions focus on the processes of encoding, inferring, mapping, and applying an analogy set.

Example: (A) Picture of a horse, (B) picture of a foal, (C) picture of a cow and (D) picture of a calf.
Encoding: Translation of each term of the problem into a list of attributes that could be useful for solution.
Inferring: Relationship is established between the “A” and “B” terms/situations of the first pairing (horse and foal).
Mapping: Use the relationship between the first pair of words/situation to identify a similar relationship for the second pair.
Applying: the problem is completed by picking an answer (D) that has the same relationship to (C) as was found in the first half of the problem (A:B)
(Masterson & Perrey, 1999).

Reference links

• Training Analogical Reasoning Skills In Children With Language Disorders 0
  pubs.asha.org

  Author: Julie J. Masterson, Christine D. Perrey - The benefit or effects of direct training of analogical reasoning was examined in school-aged children with language disorders. Analogy training was divided into two phases. The first phase consisted of direct instruction in the componential processes of analogical reasoning, and the second phase included bridging activities incorporated into school curriculum and life-skill situations. The performance of the trained children was compared to the performance of a control group of peers with language disorders, matched for mental age. There was a significant positive effect for training on students’ performance on verbal analogy problems.