Function of verbal strategies in monolingual vs. bilingual students’ planning performance: An experimental approach

There is an ongoing debate on a possible cognitive advantage of bilingual individuals. The present study used the verbal mediation hypothesis as a framework to explore potential bilingual advantages in planning. Participants were N = 99 elementary school children from Germany in study 1 and N = 47 elementary school children from Germany in study 2. As a planning task, we used the Tower of London. Findings of study 1 add to the evidence of a...