Which One of the Following Illustrates Positive Transfer

question 50

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following illustrates positive transfer?

• A)Robert is trying to learn the spelling of the word "shepherd," so he remembers how he learned to spell "tomcat" by putting two words together and spells it "sheepherd."
• B)Vince notices that rules of grammar are not always the same in English and Japanese.
• C)Zelda uses the formula for calculating the area of a circle when she wants to know how much bigger a 10" pizza is than a 7" pizza.
• D)David is trying to learn to program a computer.He reads his programming manual but is confused by some of its instructions.

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