1Physics 4810 / 7810 Week 13 (lucky!)Day 23: Fa2008:TransferPreparation for Future LearningQuick Feedback on Projects- howzit?- how many doing drafts today?Surface vs. Deep Structure inLearning?Direct Instruction prevents students from learning deeperstructure / patternsInventing allows for learning patterns?Preparation for Future LearningAlternative Goal for Instruction? Type of leading activity matters• "Why…not encourage reading thematerials beforehand?Goals• Routine Expertise• Adaptive ExpertiseThe pieces of PFL• If direct instruction isn't enough,why is it essential2How to develop Adaptive Expertise??Remember the studies? What is transferred?How would diSessa and other ‘fine-grainedconstructivists’ (to borrow Hammer et al’s phrase)explain the results of this study? Can the results beexplained by activation of small cognitive resources(such as p-prims)??The How of Transfer:Concrete vs AbstractSurprising, students are more likely to transfer ifexamples are abstract. Would have thought otherwise.The paper keeps mentioning that surface features getin the way of transfer. I can think of some reasons, butI would like some explanation based on research, if it’sout there.The paper claims, research claims that students are morelikely to transfer if instructional examples are abstractand relatively free of surface details. This seems tocontradict our earlier claim that putting science in areal world context enhances student learning.Let’s look at the activitiesGo through the two activitiesI) What would common student responses be?II) Compare the differences KEY THEMES:– Invention– What is being “PREPARED”– Concrete vs. Abstract– Who is doing what (agency)??Acquisition vs.
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