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Marton, Ference – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2006
Discussions about transfer have mainly dealt with how people manage to do something in a situation thanks to having done something similar in a previous situation. From an educational point of view, however, it appears more fruitful to consider the case when the learner, having learned to do something in 1 situation, might be able to do something…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Context Effect, Differences, Cognitive Processes
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Yerys, Benjamin E.; Munakata, Yuko – Child Development, 2006
Children often perseverate, repeating prior behaviors when inappropriate. This work tested the roles of verbal labels and stimulus novelty in such perseveration. Three-year-old children sorted cards by one rule and were then instructed to switch to a second rule. In a basic condition, cards had familiar shapes and colors and both rules were stated…
Descriptors: Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Persistence, Visual Stimuli, Cognitive Processes