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Types of Learning Transfer Explained

Transfer of learning refers to applying skills, knowledge, or attitudes learned in one situation to another learning situation. There are three main types of transfer: positive transfer where one skill helps learning another; negative transfer where one skill hinders another; and near transfer or specific transfer between two similar contexts versus far transfer or general transfer between very different contexts.

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  • transfer of learning,
  • cognitive development,
  • skill integration,
  • learning models,
  • skill development,
  • learning environments,
  • application of skills,
  • negative transfer,
  • different contexts,
  • skill acquisition
230 views6 pages

Types of Learning Transfer Explained

Transfer of learning refers to applying skills, knowledge, or attitudes learned in one situation to another learning situation. There are three main types of transfer: positive transfer where one skill helps learning another; negative transfer where one skill hinders another; and near transfer or specific transfer between two similar contexts versus far transfer or general transfer between very different contexts.

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Sophia Valde
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Topics covered

  • transfer of learning,
  • cognitive development,
  • skill integration,
  • learning models,
  • skill development,
  • learning environments,
  • application of skills,
  • negative transfer,
  • different contexts,
  • skill acquisition

MODULE 15

TRANSFER OF LEARNING
WHAT IS TRANSFER OF LEARNING?
•The application of skills, knowledge or
attitudes that were learned in one situation
to another learning situation.
(Perkins,1992)
TYPES OF TRANSFER
• Positive Transfer : One skill helps learning of another
Example: Knowledge of mathematics facilitates to learn
physics in a better way
TYPES OF TRANSFER
• Negative Transfer: One skill hinders another
Example: Left hand drive vehicles hindering the learning
of right hand drive
TYPES OF TRANSFER
• Near Transfer: (Specific Transfer) transfer between two
similar context
Example: A student is learning to use a new cellphone that
is somehow similar to the one she had before
TYPES OF TRANSFER
• Far Transfer: (General Transfer) Transfer between
context that is very different to each other
Example: The student may recognize that there is an
organized structure that needs to be imposed on other types
of writing as well, not just stories./

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