Transferring Skills
Recognise when a skill or strategy learned in one subject or situation can be applied in a completely different one
What a learner can do afterwards
- transfer of learning research
- Perkins & Salomon transfer taxonomy
The lesson
Sometimes you learn a trick in one class, like art or math. That same trick can help you again later, even in a subject that feels totally different. This is called transferring a skill. You are not learning something new. You are noticing that an old idea still fits.
Maya learned to sort her crayons by color in art class. Later in science class, she needed to sort bugs from her bug collection. She used the exact same sorting idea, just with bugs instead of crayons.
Ben got good at sounding out tricky words during reading time. When his class started learning Spanish, he used that same sounding-out trick on new Spanish words. Reading class and Spanish class felt like different worlds, but the trick worked in both.
When something new feels tricky, stop and ask yourself: have I done something like this before, even in a different class? That question can help you spot a skill you can transfer.
A skill you learn in one place can help you in a totally different place, if you notice the connection.
Watch it
Where it sits
Learn first
This opens up
Where this leads
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.