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ERIC Number: EJ640536
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Problem-Solving Instruction and Problem-Solving Transfer: The Correspondence Issue.
Phye, Gary D.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v93 n3 p571-78 Sep 2001
Mayer and Wittrock (1996) have raised the specificity-generality issue as it applies to the teachable aspects of problem-solving transfer. Simply put, do the instructional practices that foster more efficient acquisition-learning of problem-solving strategies automatically foster more efficient problem-solving transfer? On the basis of the present findings the answer is "no." (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Concept Mapping, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Problem Solving, Skill Development, Student Characteristics, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, Transfer of Training
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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