BEP Ch 12

One reason that high-road transfer involving problem-solving and analogies fails is because learners fail to extract the solution from the analogy. This failure is best described as a problem with ______.

Abstraction

______ is to low-road transfer what ______ is to high-road transfer.

Automatically, mindful abstraction

Lyndon has practiced reading so extensively that he does it automatically without much thought, in any context in which he finds himself. This is an example of high-road transfer.

False

Metacognitive strategies, such as teaching students what transfer is, will decrease the chance that transfer will actually occur.

False

Which is the best description of a specific view of transfer?

In general, the more elements that a new skill or behavior contains that are identical to an original task, the more learning will transfer to the new situation.

A teacher who incorporates all four principles of instructional design to foster transfer will strive to develop automaticity of skills, motivate students to value learning, teach metacognitive strategies, and promote ______.

Meaningful learning

Jackie takes ballet lessons. Later, she takes a different type of dance class and has difficulty in learning some of the movements because they are contrary to how she was taught to move in her ballet class. Jackie is experiencing ______ transfer.

Negative

Mr. Jefferson introduces the circulatory system by using the flow of water through pipes as an example. "So the heart is kind of like the drain?" Joi interrupts. The student's misunderstanding is an example of ______ transfer.

Negative

If a teacher could use only one of the following to craft effective lessons to promote automaticity, the teacher would emphasize ______.

Overlearning

Ideally, teachers want learning to result in ______ transfer.

Positive

Which is the best description of transfer?

Skills, strategies, and prior knowledge that influence new learning.

Which is the best description of a general view of transfer?

The intellectual challenge involved in rigorous Latin and geometry courses is thought to strengthen student minds when studying other subjects.

Which of the following best illustrates low-road transfer?

Toshiko has extensively practiced reading skills in her school, so she automatically uses those skills to read the menu at a restaurant.

A student who receives mathematics instruction that heavily relies on rote memorization is more likely to develop a narrow ability that will not transfer to new situations.

True

Students who take an interest in and value learning are more likely to have higher levels of transfer.

True

The skills needed for high-road transfer are recognition, abstraction, and mapping.

True

Yolanda takes a geometry class. During a summer job with a landscape company, she is asked to help compute amounts of materials needed for certain spaces. Unfortunately, she does not seem to realize that the skills she learned in geometry apply to her new situation. She is experiencing ______ transfer.

Zero

Transfer involving problem-solving and analogies is rare because of a lack of ______.

recognition, abstraction, and mapping

Which best describes mindful abstraction?

recognizing and retrieving meaningful information to apply it to the new learning context

Which of the following is most likely to lead to effective low-road transfer?

reflective practice and extensive memorization