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Perkins, D. N.; Salomon, Gavriel – Educational Leadership, 1988
Students often fail to apply knowledge and skills learned in one context to other situations. Although the implicit assumption in educational practice has been that transfer takes care of itself, a knowledge of the mechanisms of transfer can enable educators to help their students integrate general and local knowledge. (TE)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization
Rychlak, Joseph F. – 1984
Although traditional learning theories are based on a demonstrative view of cognition, human beings tend to reason both demonstratively and dialectically. To examine the dialectical theory five studies were conducted. In the first study subjects rated words that could be used as personality descriptors for likability and subsequently learned them…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Concept Formation