Transfer of Learning

Perkins, D. N., & Salomon, G. (1992). Transfer of Learning. International Encyclopedia of Education.

Type

Reference work

Intellectual base

Reference work

Year

1992

Link

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/fywpd/files/2020/01/transferoflearning.pdf

Cited from

psychology

Cited by

2 citations across 2 artifacts.

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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.

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.

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