All of the suggestions for facilitating transfer in the classroom center around the need for teachers and students to incorporate more on ________ in the learning process.
a. metacognition c. metamemory
b. intuition d. sustained attention
Question 2Which of the following test procedures is most likely to facilitate transfer in the classroom?
a. Test children for recall with fill-in-the-blank exams
b. Test children for recognition with multiple-choice exams
c. Test children on their ability to apply what they have learned to new situations
d. Test children on their ability to respond orally to the exam questions
Question 3How would transfer be facilitated by providing multiple contexts in which information can be encoded?
a. Retrieval of information would be easier because more cues would be associated with it.
b. Recognition memory research suggests that multiple settings allow children to perform better on mathematics problems.
c. Semantic memory for historical events improves when information is presented in various classrooms.
d. Retrieval of information would be easier if the material studied in one room were tested in another.