Transfer of Learning by

Near vs Far Transfer

lduarte0024_1_1 — 2025-02-12 04:50:45 UTC

Near is close in context

Far has little similarity in context

High vs Low Transfer

lduarte0024_1_1 — 2025-02-12 04:52:43 UTC

High is mindful and involves dilberate thinking and searching for connections

Low involves stimulus conditions that trigger connections to the two

Positive vs Negative Transfer

lduarte0024_1_1 — 2025-02-12 04:53:39 UTC

Positive is when you use previous learning to apply to new learning

Negative is when your previous learning negatively impacts new learning

Specific vs Nonspecific Transfer

lduarte0024_1_1 — 2025-02-12 04:55:15 UTC

Specific is when contexts have similar stimulus properties

Nonspecific is when transfer occurs when there is no similarity between the 2 things, but they are able to influence each other

Near Transfer

lduarte0024_1_1 — 2025-02-12 05:05:05 UTC

Using familiar context learned previously in order to apply it to similar new learning situations. Even though there may be minor differences, most things in the new situation correlate to the old.

Transfer of Learning

lduarte0024_1_1 — 2025-02-12 05:05:31 UTC

Transfer of learning is when learning in one way affects the way you learn in another way. It is a key concept in education and learning theory because most education uses transfer of learning in a multitude of ways.

Transfer sometimes depends on whether learners have abstracted critical attributes of a situation.

lduarte0024_1_1 — 2025-02-12 05:06:32 UTC

Once the learner has understood the important qualities and meaning of what they learned, then they are able to use the transfer of knowledge to apply it to another topic.

Metacognition

lduarte0024_1_1 — 2025-02-12 05:07:37 UTC

You have to be aware and understanding of your thought process to be able to apply it with transfer of learning

Mindfulness

lduarte0024_1_1 — 2025-02-12 05:07:57 UTC

You have to be mindful in what you're doing in order to understand the importance and relevance to another thing. Refers to the state of alertness to activities and learning opportunities.

Using Metaphors or analogies

lduarte0024_1_1 — 2025-02-12 05:08:23 UTC

Old information learned serves as a metaphor or analogy for the new information.

Creativity

lduarte0024_1_1 — 2025-02-12 05:10:16 UTC

Not a skill, and cannot be taught or learned. Creativity is difficult to be influenced, so teachers must provide a comfortable and safe learning space to engage creative thinking.

Memory

lduarte0024_1_1 — 2025-02-12 05:11:00 UTC

Cannot be learned or taught, and cannot be improved.