The article argues transfer of general powers occurs only when they are deliberately taught as general, across every school subject¶

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q1 i? Powers such as accuracy must be taught as worthy of possession in themselves and in connection with every subject, or they will not transfer to everything the pupil undertakes. → William H. Metzler 1912

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William H. Metzler 1912¶

William H. Metzler. (1912). Problems in the Experimental Pedagogy of Geometry. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0070947

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Theoretical argument on transfer: the author contends that experiments on transfer of accuracy are uninterpretable unless the standpoint and object of teaching accuracy are known, and that a habit taught across every subject "will go with the pupil all through life." No data are presented.

"It is not sufficient to leave a power or habit to purely accidental acquirement. It must be taught as something in itself worthy of possession."

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