Lower Order Thinking (remembering,
understanding): In your own words define transfer. What are some factors that
may affect transfer?
Higher Order Thinking (creating): Depending on the grade
level you will be teaching, what are 2-3 specific strategies you could use
promote transfer in your classroom?
Lower Order Thinking (remembering, understanding): In your own words define transfer. What are some factors that may affect transfer?
ReplyDeleteTransfer is a complex thinking process in which one uses knowledge which they have acquired in the past and applies this information to learning new information. Some factors that may affect transfer are: the depth and how meaningful instruction is, the similarities between tasks, emphasis on principles and theories rather than facts, the relevance of the information, and the expectations of the learning environment.
Higher Order Thinking (creating): Depending on the grade level you will be teaching, what are 2-3 specific strategies you could use promote transfer in your classroom?
ReplyDeleteOne specific strategy that can be used in a secondary classroom is the use of authentic activities that promote transfer. Transfer is more likely to occur when students are able to interact with both their physical and social environment and find relevance in what they are learning. Authentic activities that allow students to interact and solve problems are useful in facilitating transfer in that they promote the application of information in a real world context. This causes students to learn in a more subtle and natural manner.
Another strategy for promoting transfer in the classroom is to bridge content together. For example, if students are learning about the elements of literary genres, teachers can connect the elements learned in a previous lesson to a later lesson. This enables students to construct knowledge in a more organized fashion as they create comparisons between the two topics.
A third strategy for facilitating transfer is to teach students problem solving techniques that allow for them to delineate different methods for different types of problems. For example, if students are instructed to use a specific format for solving one type of problem, then in the future, they are aware of the necessity for again applying that same technique for another similar problem.
Lower Order Thinking (remembering, understanding): In your own words define transfer. What are some factors that may affect transfer?
ReplyDeleteTransfer is when a person learns something at one time and it effects how the person performs in other academic situations as well. Factors that may affect transfer are: the interest level of the subject, the teacher's grading scale, the learning environment, prior knowledge connects to the transfer material, and real world connections.
Higher Order Thinking (creating): Depending on the grade level you will be teaching, what are 2-3 specific strategies you could use promote transfer in your classroom?
One strategy in my classroom that I could use in a special education would be to use a lot of sensory materials. The students need sensory activities in the typical school day in order to have a positive transfer of information.
Another strategy would be to use more real world context and bring in prior knowledge and connection into my lesson. This would allow transfer easier. The students would already have that synapses in their brain from the former information and it would be much easier for them to connect it to real world situations that they have most likely had some form of contact with.
LOT: Transfer is the relationship between different learning situations and how that transfers across the ciriculum. It is important to consider many things in considering transfer such as interests and connections.
ReplyDeleteHOT: In High school social studies, helping students become more interested in the material I am teaching will be invaluable in terms to the level that they transfer that knowledge to other. For example, having students write about the historical development of their career path should provide an extra incentive to do the research. They will gain historical background, which I can tie into broader historical themes. These strategies will increase interests level, and make meaningful connections to their personal likes and dislilkes.