Estimating or checking your answer to a problem is most likely to occur with a problem that is
well structured
Both Jean and Sandra are "A" students at a university, and both major in general studies. Jean takes an introduction to physics course after having completed a chemistry course the previous semester. Sandra takes the same physics course without having pre
general transfer
Both of these courses fall within the domain of hard sciences, though they comprise very different subject matter, at least at the introductory level. Jean's learning was probably facilitated by some general transfer, since she was exposed to some very general scientific principles in her chemistry course. Sandra didn't have this advantage.
Determining how best to improve the quality of public education in the next five years is best described as a(n)
ill-structured problem
ill-structured problems are somewhat vaguely stated (what counts as an improvement, what is meant by the term "quality") have no set criteria for determining an approach or a satisfactory solution, and they are more complex than well-structured problems.
You discover that working on a typewriter makes it easier for you to do word processing on a computer. This would best be termed transfer.
positive
This demonstrates positive transfer, which occurs when knowledge of one task makes learning another task easier.
Which one of the following is not required for high-road transfer?
The automatic application of a skill from a previously learned task to a new task.
The task of solving an algebra problem can be best described as a(n)
well-structured problem
An algebra problem would meet the criteria of a well-structured problem because the problem is clearly stated, the solution procedure is known, and the standards for determining whether or not the answer is correct is also known.
A child learns to ride a bike. Having learned to ride a bike, he finds he is able to ride a scooter with no trouble at all, whereas before he learned to ride a bike, he couldn't ride a scooter. This is an example of
low-road transfer
This is a situation where a previously learned skill (bike riding) is automatically applied to a new task (riding a scooter). This is the definition of low-road transfer.
Which of the following situations reflects inert learning or knowledge?
A student does well on classroom tests, but is unable to use the information learned when trying to write a term paper for that same class.
Inert knowledge is knowledge that can be accessed only under conditions that mimic the original conditions under which it was learned. Knowledge is not seen as related to other knowledge or ideas but as pertaining only to situations similar to those under which the learning took place.
You find that knowing Spanish complicates your efforts to learn Italian. This would be termed transfer.
negative
Since the transfer here is negative, knowledge of one language interferes with the student's efforts to learn a second language.
According to Thorndike and Woodworth's view of transfer, if you were to teach first uppercase, and then lowercase, printed letters, which of the following letters would tend to promote the most transfer?
S
Only the letter S does not change its shape from upper to lower case. The identical elements theory would suggest that this would be the easiest letter to teach of those listed.