Rholand H.

Tapalla ELECTIVE1: World Culture

CBET-01-901E TF/6:00PM-7:30PM

TRANSFER OF LEARNING

 The application of skills, knowledge, and/or attitudes that were learned in one situation to
another learning situation.
 The first place to practice transfer of learning is the School. The purpose of the school is to develop
student’s skills and knowledge necessary for functioning effectively inside and outside the school.
 In a new learning environment, for an example, a working environment, it is necessary to have
work-related skills and knowledge to function properly in a working environment. Instead of
learning from the scratch in the first day of working, acquired skills and knowledge from school
can be used to increase the speed of learning to make it easier to adapt and perform better.

TYPES OF TRANSFER OF LEARNING

1. Positive Transfer - when learning in one situation facilitates learning in another situation, for
example, skills in playing Mobile Legends facilitate learning to play better gaming performance in
other games of the same gaming genre.
2. Negative Transfer - when learning of one task makes the learning of another task harder, for
example, skills in playing Mobile Legends on smartphones hinders the learning of skills in playing
in a desktop
3. Neutral or Zero Transfer - when learning of one activity neither facilitates nor hinders the learning
of another task, for example, skills in Mobile Legends in no way affects learning in Applied Auditing
and other accounting subjects.
4. Near Transfer - transfer between very similar contexts or skills and knowledge are applied the
same way every time the skills and knowledge are used, for example, a person who knows how
to drive a car can transfer these existing skills to learn how to drive a bus.
5. Far Transfer - transfer between contexts that seem alien to one another or skills and knowledge
being are applied in situations that change., for an example, a person who learned the principles
of wind flow to design a windmill can transfer that knowledge to direct the sail on a sailboat.
6. Lateral transfer - learning of one kind facilitates learning of the same level in other situations or
in other contexts, for an example, knowing Filipino should facilitate one’s learning of Spanish
because many words are similar in the two languages.
7. Vertical transfer - learning of the lower level helps in learning at higher level or acquires new
knowledge or skills by building on more basic information and procedures, for an example, the
way our curriculum is structured requiring us to finish a perquisite subject in order for us to be
qualified to take a higher level subject.

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CBET-01-901E TF/6:00PM-7:30PM

THEORIES OF TRANSFER OF LEARNING

1. Theory of Mental Discipline
It tells that education is a matter of training or disciplining the mind through vigorous mental
exercises. The theory assumes that those training can make an individual effective in all area
where a given faculty is employed.
2. Theory of Identical Elements
According to Edward Thorndike, transfer of learning occurs from one situation to another in which
there are most similar or identical elements such as: content, method, aim, or attitude present in
both situations where the degree of transfer increases as the similarity of elements increase.
3. Theory of Generalization
Formulated by Charles Judd assumes that what is learnt in task ‘A’ transfers to task ‘B’, because
in studying task ‘A’, the learner develops a general principle which applies in part or completely
in both ‘A’ and ‘B’. Better transfer can be possible when one can understand the principle.
4. Theory of Configuration
Transfer of learning occurs from one situation to another when generalization, concept or insights
developed into a single learning situation is employed in other situations, not as parts, but in a
holistic manner.

FACTORS THAT WOULD AFFECT SUCH TRANSFER OF LEARNING IN SCHOOL

1. Mental ability of the learner – affects the learner’s rate and difficulty of learning
2. Attitudes and efforts of the learner – involves willingness to learn
3. Nature of the learner
a. Visual learners prefer the use of images, maps, and graphic organizers to access and
understand new information
b. Auditory learners best understand new content through listening and speaking in
situations such as lectures and group discussions.
c. Read & Write learn best through words being able to translate abstract concepts into
words and essays
d. Kinesthetic learners best understand through tactile representation through figuring
things out by hand
4. Manner of teaching – teaching methodologies can help or hinder the transfer of learning
considering that learners have differing ways to best understand