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Cognitive Consequences of Traditional Apprenticeship Training in West Africa.
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In this article, an arithmetic test, anchored with problems drawn directly from tribal tailors' apprenticeship training, was administered to a sample of Vai and Gola tailors in Liberia.Abstract:
By combining intensive ethnographic work with formal experiments, it is possible to demonstrate that a traditional form of education—apprenticeship training—does teach general problem-solving skills. An arithmetic test, anchored with problems drawn directly from tribal tailors' apprenticeship training, was administered to a sample of Vai and Gola tailors in Liberia. The tailors differ on tailoring experience and formal schooling characteristics. Both tailoring experience and schooling contribute strongly to arithmetic problem-solving success on unfamiliar problems.read more
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