Transfer What You Have Learned About Transfer and Problem Solving

question 50

Essay

Transfer what you have learned about transfer and problem solving to a professional situation in which you might find yourself. More specifically:
a. Using either an educational or therapeutic context, describe a specific idea or principle you might want students or clients to apply outside the educational or therapeutic setting. In particular, describe what information you would want them to learn within the educational or therapeutic context, and how you hope they would transfer it in dealing with the outside world.
b. Explain how your students' or clients' success in transferring this information and/or using it to solve problems might be more or less successful depending on:
i. How they encode/store the original information, and the extent to which they elaborate on it
ii. How they encode/store the transfer/problem-solving situation, and the extent to which they elaborate on that situation

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Definitions:

Economic Growth

An increase in the production of goods and services in an economy over a period of time, often measured by GDP growth.

Simon Kuznets

A Ukrainian-American economist who made significant contributions to the study of economic growth, the development of the concept of Gross National Product, and the statistical analysis of economic cycles.

Automobile Industry

A sector of the economy that deals with the design, production, and selling of motor vehicles.

Human Capital

The collective skills, knowledge, or other intangible assets of individuals that can be used to create economic value for the individuals, their employers, or their community.