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| Concept Formation | 1 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
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| Salomon, Gavriel | 1 |
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Peer reviewedPerkins, 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
