Question

Transfer of learning occurs when a student applies his mathematical skills in solving problems in physics. This is based on the theory formulated by:
1. L. L. Thurstone
2. W. James
3. E. L. Thorndike
4. W. Judd

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : E. L. Thorndike
 

Transfer of learning:

• Transfer of learning occurs when people apply information, strategies, and skills they have learned to a new situation or context.
• The transfer is not a discrete activity but is rather an integral part of the learning process.
• Researchers attempt to identify when and how transfer occurs and to offer strategies to improve transfer.

• Disputing formal discipline, Edward Thorndike and Robert S. Woodworth in 1901 postulated that the transfer of learning was restricted or assisted by the elements in common between the original context and the next context.
• The notion was originally introduced as a transfer of practice.
• They explored how individuals would transfer learning in one context to another similar context and how "improvement in one mental function" could influence a related one.
• Their theory implied that transfer of learning depends on how similar the learning task and transfer tasks are, or where "identical elements are concerned in the influencing and influenced function", now known as the identical element theory.
• Thorndike urged schools to design curricula with tasks similar to those students would encounter outside of school to facilitate the transfer of learning.

Hence, transfer of learning occurs when a student applies his mathematical skills in solving problems in physics. This is based on the theory formulated by E. L. Thorndike.