TRANSFER

OF
LEARNING
INTRODUCTION

• Application of skills, knowledge,

and/or attitudes
• The first place to practice transfer
of learning is the School.
• In a new learning environment, to
avoid learning from the scratch
TYPES OF TRANSFER OF LEARNING
POSITIVE TRANSFER
when learning in one situation facilitates
learning in another situation

NEGATIVE TRANSFER
when learning of one task makes the
learning of another task harder
TYPES OF TRANSFER OF LEARNING
NEUTRAL TRANSFER
When learning of one activity neither
facilitates nor hinders the learning of
another task
TYPES OF TRANSFER OF LEARNING
NEAR TRANSFER
transfer between very similar contexts or
skills and knowledge are applied the same
way every time the skills and knowledge are
used

FAR TRANSFER
transfer between contexts that seem alien
to one another or skills and knowledge
being are applied in situations that change
TYPES OF TRANSFER OF LEARNING
NEAR TRANSFER
transfer between very similar contexts or
skills and knowledge are applied the same
way every time the skills and knowledge are
used

FAR TRANSFER
transfer between contexts that seem alien
to one another or skills and knowledge
being are applied in situations that change
LATERAL AND VERTICAL TRANSFER
LATERAL TRANSFER
learning of one kind facilitates learning of the
same level in other situations or in other
contexts

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
THEORIES OF TRANSFER OF
LEARNING
1.Theory of mental discipline
2.Theory of identical elements
3.Theory of generalization
4.Theory of configuration
 Theory of Mental
Discipline

- also known as the Faculty Theory

- It tells that education is a matter of

training or disciplining the mind through
vigorous mental exercises.
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

Identical elements such as:

• content
• method
• aim
• attitude present in both situations facilitate
learning
 THEORY OF
GENERALIZATION
- was formulated by Charles H. Judd

- it means that experiences obtained in

one situation are applicable to other
situation.
Theory of Configuration
- Is based on Gestalt theory of learning

-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.
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Factors that would affect such transfer in school:

1. Mental ability of the learner – affects the learner’s

rate and difficulty of learning

2. Nature of the learner

a. Visual learners
b. Auditory learners
c. Read & Write
d. Kinesthetic learners
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Factors that would affect such transfer in school:

3. Attitudes and efforts of the learner

– involves willingness to learn
4. Manner of teaching – teaching methodologies can help
or hinder the transfer of learning considering that learners
have differing ways to best understand
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“The more
understanding,
the better the transfer.”