Transfer of Learning¶
Perkins, D. N., & Salomon, G. (1992). Transfer of Learning. International Encyclopedia of Education.
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Primes¶
- Transfer of Learning
- Metacognitive instruction (teaching learners to recognize when principles apply) improves explicit transfer; it can also impair implicit transfer by disrupting automaticity.
Supported in partVerified against the work's full text
Perkins and Salomon support metacognitive and abstraction-focused instruction promoting transfer; they say nothing about it impairing implicit transfer.
“Relatedly, metacognitive reflection on one's thinking processes appears to promote transfer of skills.”
- Metacognitive instruction (teaching learners to recognize when principles apply) improves explicit transfer; it can also impair implicit transfer by disrupting automaticity.
Mechanisms¶
- Origin-Context Constraint Review
- The specific harm it predicts is negative transfer: structure that helped at origin actively impairing the new use.
This sourceDefines negative transfer as prior learning that interferes with performance in a new context.
- The specific harm it predicts is negative transfer: structure that helped at origin actively impairing the new use.
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