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ERIC Number: EJ440400
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0361-476X
Using Analogies to Form Conceptual Models to Facilitate Transfer.
King-Johnson, Debra Ann
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v17 n1 p1-7 Jan 1992
Effects of acquisition of a problem-solving model on the ability to transfer to analogous problems in different domains were studied with 210 undergraduates who solved a biology problem and a transfer problem. Beneficial effects of the problem-solving model and implications for instructional strategies are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Biology, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Problem Solving, Rating Scales, Skill Development, Teaching Methods, Transfer of Training, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Analogies; Conceptual Models