TRANSFER OF LEARNING

Kimberly Faye Tundaan

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After this chapter the students will be able to define transfer of learning as it applies to
the leaning of motor skills.
 Define transfer of learning as it applies to the learning of motor skills
 Discuss why transfer of learning is an important concept for motor learning
 Discuss two reasons proposed to explain why transfer occurs
 Discuss the difference between symmetric and asymmetric bilateral
transfer
 Discuss hypotheses that attempt to explain why bilateral transfer occurs

TRANSFER OF LEARNING
For BPED 1st year students
I. Transfer of Learning
 The influence of the previous experience may facilitate, hinder, or have
no effect on the learning
II. Why Transfer of Learning is an Important Concept for Motor Learning
 Can be seen in its integral role in curriculum development
 Basic to the process of making inferences
III. Two Reasons Proposed to Explain Why Transfer Occurs
 Positive Transfer
 Negative Transfer
IV. The Difference Between Symmetric and Asymmetric Bilateral Transfer
 Asymmetric Transfer
 Symmetric Transfer
V. Hypotheses that Attempt to Explain Why Bilateral Transfer Occurs
 Cognitive Hypothesis
 Motor Control Hypothesis

Define transfer of learning as it applies to the learning of motor skills.

Transfer of learning concerns the influence of previous experiences on the learning of a
new skill or the performance of a skill in a new context.

Discuss why transfer of learning is an important concept for motor learning.

The influence of the previous experience may facilitate, hinder, or have no effect on the
learning of a new skill or the performance of a skill in a new context.
-The importance of the transfer of learning concept can be seen in its integral role in
curriculum development in education, practice conditions in sports context, and
treatment protocol development in rehabilitation programs.
-The transfer of learning concept is basic to the process of making inferences about the
influence of practice conditions and instructional methods on motor skill learning.
Discuss the reasons proposed to explain why positive transfer occurs.
1.) Positive transfer is a function of the similarity of the components of the skills
performed and of the environmental contexts in which the skills are performed.
2.) Positive transfer is a function of the similarity of the cognitive processing activities
involved in the two situations.

Discuss the reasons proposed to explain why negative transfer occurs.

1.) The difficulty inherent in altering a preferred perception-action coupling that is well
adapted for a specific environmental context.
2.) The initial cognitive confusion that results when a person is not certain about how to
move in a familiar environmental context.
3.) Competition between the learners intrinsic dynamics and the dynamics required by
the task.

Define negative transfer and relate it to motor skills learning situations.

Negative transfer effects, which are typically temporary and overcome with practice,
occur primarily when the familiar relation between a movement and its perceptual
consequences needs to be modified.

Discuss the difference between symmetric and asymmetric bilateral transfer.

Asymmetric transfer is when a person learns a skill using one limb before learning it,
and symmetric transfer is when either limb is used first. The generally accepted
conclusion about the direction of bilateral transfer is that it is asymmetric.

Discuss hypotheses that attempt to explain why bilateral transfer occurs.

1.) A cognitive hypothesis proposes that a person applies the knowledge acquired about
what to do to perform the skill with one limb to the initial performance of the skill with the
contralateral limb.
2.) A motor control hypothesis proposes that the motor control system learns to perform
a skill in a non-limb-specific way, which provides the basis for the system specifying a
non-practiced limb to perform the skill at some future time, and the expectation that
performance with the non-practiced limb will be higher than if there had been no
practice with the other limb.

Assessment:
1. It is the proposes that the motor control system learns to perform a skill in a non-limb-
specific way, which provides the basis for the system specifying a non-practiced limb to
perform the skill at some future time, and the expectation that performance with the
non-practiced limb will be higher than if there had been no practice with the other limb.
a. Cognitive hypothesis b. Asymmetric transfer c. Symmetric transfer d. Motor control
Hypothesis
2. It concerns the influence of previous experiences on the learning of a new skill or the
performance of a skill in a new context?
a. Motor control Hypothesis b. Transfer Learning c. Negative transfer d. Positive transfer
3. It is a function of the similarity of the components of the skills performed and of the
environmental contexts in which the skills are performed?
a. Symmetric transfer b. Transfer learning c. Positive transfer d. Asymmetric transfer
4. It proposes that a person applies the knowledge acquired about what to do to perform
the skill with one limb to the initial performance of the skill with the contralateral limb?
a. Negative transfer b. Assymetric transfer c. Motor control hypothesis d. Cognitive
Hypothesis
5. It is the typically temporary and overcome with practice, occur primarily when the
familiar relation between a movement and its perceptual consequences needs to be
modified?
a. Positive transfer b. Transfer learning c. Negative transfer effect d. Positive transfer
effect
6. It is when a person learns a skill using one limb before learning it, and symmetric
transfer is when either limb is used first?
a. Asymmetric transfer b. Positive transfer c. Symmetric transfer d. Negative transfer
7.The influence of the previous experience may;
a. Facilitate, interfere, or have effect on the learning of a new skill or the performance of
a skill in a new context
b. Facilitate, hinder, or have no effect on the learning of a new skill or the performance
of a skill in a new context
c. Facilitate, block, or have no effect on the learning of a new skill or the performance of
a skill in a new context
d. Facilitate, clog, or have effect on the learning of a new skill or the performance of a
skill in a new context
8. It can be seen in its integral role in curriculum development in education, practice
conditions in sports context, and treatment protocol development in rehabilitation
programs.
a. Importance of motor control hypothesis b. Importance of positive transfer
c. Importance of transfer learning concept d. Importance of negative transfer
9. It is when either limb is used first?
a. Symmetric transfer b. Negative transfer b. Positive transfer d. Asymmetric transfer
10. These are the bilateral transfer.
a. Negative and positive transfer b. Motor control and cognitive transfer
c. Learning and protocol transfer d. Symmetric and asymmetric transfer
Answer key:
1. D. Motor control
2. B. Transfer learning
3. C. Positive transfer
4. D. Cognitive Hypothesis
5. C. Negative transfer effect
6. A. Asymmetric transfer
7. B. Facilitate, hinder, or have no effect on the learning of a new skill or the
performance of a skill in a new context
8. C.Importance of transfer learning concept
9. A. Symmetric transfer
10. D. Symmetric and asymmetric transfer

References:
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