Imitative Problem Solving: Why Transfer of Learning Often Fails To Occur.

Robertson, Ian

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ERIC Number: EJ611729

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Publication Date: 2000

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Imitative Problem Solving: Why Transfer of Learning Often Fails To Occur.

Robertson, Ian

Instructional Science, v28 n4 p263-89 Jul 2000

Presents empirical evidence for imitative problem solving and the interpretation theory, based on a study of Scottish secondary school students. Discusses analogical problem solving; the interpretation theory notation; and predicted sources of difficulty in mapping and adapting the practice problem to solve a variant. (Contains 42 references.) (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Foreign Countries, Observational Learning, Problem Solving, Secondary Education, Transfer of Training

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Scotland)

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