sTake a moment and think back to how you learned when you were younger. Did you...
Did you every fully understand the concept or were you just going through the steps to pass the class? Been there, done that. Bransford et. al (2000) calls this Performance Oriented, where people are "...more worried about making errors than about learning" (p. 61). The Performance Oriented view does not necessarily help you grow as a learner and help you transfer information from when you learned it to outside the four walls of your classrooms. You need to be more Learning Oriented. Overall, when people tend to be more Learning Oriented, there is a greater chance of Transfer, the idea of being able “…to extend what has been learned in one context to new contexts.” (Bransford et al, 2000, p. 51). But students can't make transfer happen on their own, they need help and guidance to make that happen. An educator can help take students on a path where transfer occurs if "...learners of all ages are more motivated when they can see the usefulness of what they are learning and when they can use that information to do something that has an impact on others..." (Bransford et al, 2000, p. 61). Transfer is a critical part of any students learning journey. Students need to learn the underlying patterns and concepts in an abstract way while having an active approach to their learning and take that understanding and strategies to other contexts. Check out my paper here, that explores the idea of transfer and how educators can make an even bigger impact on their students learning! References Bransford, J., Brown, A.L. & Cocking, R. R. (2000). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience and school. National Academy Press. http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309070368.
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