Test-score increases occurred only for identical and near-transfer problems; no increases were found for far-transfer problems in any of the three conditions¶
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Evidence · 1 study · causalr1·q2
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
Evidence quality · No study behind this claim is a peer-reviewed article with a DOI: it rests on an ERIC document (a report, conference paper or thesis). It is kept because 2 design pages cite it; treat it as a lead to check, not an established finding.
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q2 i? No condition showed a significant increase in the far-transfer problem category. → Miwa et al. 2017
Evidence¶
Miwa et al. 2017¶
Miwa, K., Terai, H., & Mizuno, Y. (2017). Relations between cognitive resources and two types of germane load for learning. In D. G. Sampson, J. M. Spector, D. Ifenthaler, & P. Isaías (Eds.), Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2017). International Association for Development of the Information Society. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED579478
q2 · i? · null result, no effect size printed (t(20) < 1, n.s.) · causal · r1
A null result across all three conditions of the Reversi experiment: "In the far transfer problem category, no increases were found in all three conditions (t(20) < 1, n.s."; equivalence was not tested.
"In the far transfer problem category, no increases were found in all three conditions (t(20) < 1, n.s."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
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- Under high extraneous load (hint presentation and L and rL condition), no test-score increases were observed on identical or near-transfer problems — related
- There are two types of germane load: one that increases with an increase in intrinsic load and one that increases as intrinsic load decreases — related
- In one 51-learner experiment on help formats in computer-based electrical engineering instruction, far-transfer scores were at the floor in every condition, and time spent on instruction did not differ significantly between conditions — related
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germane-load-gains-limited-to-identical-and-near-transfer-problems |
title |
Test-score increases occurred only for identical and near-transfer problems; no increases were found for far-transfer problems in any of the three conditions |
description |
Test-score increases occurred only for identical and near-transfer problems; no increases were found for far-transfer problems in any of the three conditions |
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review |
evidence_strength |
moderate |
newest_evidence |
2017 |
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by claude/unspecified on 2026-09-25 |
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1 — miwa-et-al-2017 |
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