Experimental studies report transfer of training across diverse operations, from sensory discrimination to memorizing¶
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q1 i? The article reviews reported transfer across spatial discrimination, sound-intensity and brightness discrimination, card sorting to typewriting, neatness transferring from geography to other school subjects, and memorizing. → J. E. Wallace Wallin 1905
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J. E. Wallace Wallin 1905¶
J. E. Wallace Wallin. (1905). The Doctrine of Formal Discipline: Two Neglected Instances of Transfer of Training. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://archive.org
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Narrative review attributing these findings to named earlier researchers (Volkmann, Coover and Angell, Thorndike and Woodworth, Judd, Ruediger, Winch, Meumann and others); the reviewed studies' designs are not described here. The article notes some results are discrepant with its conclusion.
"The fact of transference has been established in operations as diverse as the following: In spatial discrimination, transfer is possible from the finger tips of the left hand to the right, or from the third phalanx to the first phalanx (Volkmann);"
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Related Claims¶
- Errorless discrimination training avoids emotional responses and yields more effective transfer than errorful training (Terrace's pigeon studies) — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Feedback on post-switch sorting improves preschoolers' DCCS performance and transfers to a novel DCCS version — related
- DCCS training in preschoolers transfers to false-belief understanding — related
- Metacognitive reflection training improves young children's DCCS performance, with behavioral and neural changes — related
- Teachers construe tactical reasoning as a generalizable, transferable skill, using the educational design of wargames to downplay concern with realism — related
- Empirical transfer research by Thorndike, Stone, Courtis, Winch and others is the most hopeful sign for determining the place of mathematics in the curriculum — related
- Two instances of cross-education or transference of training are offered as evidence in favor of the doctrine of formal discipline — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Prolonged practice yields no evidence of improvement in discrimination for the intensity of sound — related
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Experimental studies report transfer of training across diverse operations, from sensory discrimination to memorizing |
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Experimental studies report transfer of training across diverse operations, from sensory discrimination to memorizing |
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