Educational Psychology / Unit 1 EDP 0007 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Transfer Between Subjects
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The idea
Edward Thorndike and Robert Woodworth found that learning transfers from one subject to another only when the two subjects share similar elements.
In practice
Studying the classics, the finding implied, does not build a general intelligence that carries into every subject.
Where people slip
The result undercut a long tradition of teaching classical subjects as mental exercise. Transfer returns in unit four.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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