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Multiple choice question

Transfer means to move or send something from one place to another.

Transfer can be used as a noun or a verb. In this exercise, transfer is used as a verb.

For example:

E-mail is a great way to transfer information quickly.

If you do not want to finish your studies at this university, you may transfer to another university.


	make something go somewhere else
	move to another place
	leave something in the same place
	send something from one place to another

Which answers below are closest in meaning to transfer? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

	make something go somewhere else
	send something from one place to another
	move to another place
	leave something in the same place

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Multiple choice question

The examples below illustrate the meaning of transfer.


	A student moves to a different university to finish his studies.
	A person keeps his money in the same bank account for 20 years.
	A company moves its offices from one town to another town.
	A bank manager changes his place of work to another bank.

Which answers below are examples of a transfer? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

	A person keeps his money in the same bank account for 20 years.
	A company moves its offices from one town to another town.
	A student moves to a different university to finish his studies.
	A bank manager changes his place of work to another bank.

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Multiple choice question


	leave it in its permanent place.
	move it from one place to another.
	transport it to a new area.
	change its position.

Which answers below best complete the sentence? Choose the 3 correct answers. When you transfer something, you...

Response:

	transport it to a new area.
	move it from one place to another.
	change its position.
	leave it in its permanent place.

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Multiple choice question

Read this paragraph and answer the question below.


	if two contexts are very different
	if contexts are similar

Transfer of Learning Theory

According to this theory, people can transfer or apply knowledge and skills that they learn in one context to another context, if the two contexts are similar. For example, knowledge of driving a car may easily be transferred to driving a tractor. Or, when you read in your native language you might use reading strategies that you learned when you studied another language. Some people think that strategies used in playing chess might also transfer to strategies in very different contexts, like politics or business. However, researchers haven't proved that there is a transfer of strategies when contexts are very different.

According to the above paragraph, under what condition can knowledge or strategies be transferred from one context to another? Choose the ONE correct answer.

Response:

	if two contexts are very different
	if contexts are similar

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Multiple choice question

This exercise focuses on the concept of transfer of learning. Harvard University has a website with tools that support transfer of learning: http://learnweb.harvard.edu/alps/thinking/docs/10tips.htm

Read this paragraph and answer the question below.


	Transfer of learning does not happen automatically - teachers have to teach students how to transfer what they have learned.
	Teachers should teach students how to apply ideas and skills that they learn in one context to additional contexts.
	Students should learn to ask themselves how things they have learned in one context can also apply to other contexts.
	Teachers should teach students ideas, skills and concepts.

Teaching for Transfer

Cognitive psychologists describe transfer of learning as connecting what we learn or what we know to other settings and contexts. According to some researchers, getting students to connect or apply the skills and concepts they learn in class to other topics may be one of the most important goals of education. However, research shows that transfer of learning may not occur if the two contexts are very different. Consequently, one of the most important aspects of the teacher's role is teaching students to ask themselves where else or how else ideas, concepts and skills learned in one context can also be applied in additional contexts.

What are the main ideas of this paragraph? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

	Students should learn to ask themselves how things they have learned in one context can also apply to other contexts.
	Transfer of learning does not happen automatically - teachers have to teach students how to transfer what they have learned.
	Teachers should teach students ideas, skills and concepts.
	Teachers should teach students how to apply ideas and skills that they learn in one context to additional contexts.