Identify a topic you might teach that your students could eventually use as adults in the outside world. With the factors affecting transfer in mind, describe four different strategies you can use to help students transfer what they learn to situations outside the classroom. For each strategy, be specific and concrete as to what you would do

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Possible strategies to be derived from the factors affecting transfer include these (the response should apply at least four of the strategies below as it describes in concrete terms how to facilitate the transfer of a specific idea or skill to real world settings):
• Promote meaningful learning.
• Examine a few topics in depth rather than many topics superficially.
• Make sure students master classroom material.
• Relate classroom material to the outside world.
• Develop school tasks that resemble real-world situations (e.g., authentic activities).
• Promote multiple associations between classroom material and real-world situations.
• Teach general principles.
• Provide many and different examples and opportunities for practice.
• Show students how concepts and/or procedures associated with one academic discipline have applicability to other disciplines as well.
• Regularly encourage and expect transfer