Taking a skill somewhere new

Learning to Learn · Learning to Learn · ages 8-9

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Sam plans baking with a step-by-step list. Which action transfers that planning skill?
- Making the same cookies again next week
- Listing steps for a class display
- Reading a story about a bakery's opening
Which action uses a math counting skill in a geography task?
- Counting countries shown on a map
- Repeating yesterday's math counting
- Choosing a map's background color
Transferring a skill means trying a learned skill to help with a new task.
Circle one: True False
Leo remembers dance steps in order. Which action uses that ordering skill for another task?
- Remembering an experiment's steps
- Practicing the same dance routine again
- Picking a song for the same dance routine
Priya marks useful details in a story. How could she use that skill in a math word problem?
- Mark every number without reading what it means
- Mark only the title without reading the question
- Mark the question and the details she needs
Theo sorts buttons by color. A new task asks him to sort picture cards by size. How can he transfer his grouping skill?
- Keep sorting by color and ignore the new rule
- Group the cards by their size
- Put every card together without comparing it
When you transfer a skill, every old rule must work unchanged in the new task.
Circle one: True False
Nia uses a checklist to check that her story includes every required part. Her team now needs to check that all game pieces are back in a box. Which action transfers her checking skill?
- Reuse the story list without changing its items
- Make a game-piece list but do not check the box
- List game pieces and check the box against it

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Listing steps for a class display · Listing the display steps uses ordered planning for a new task.
Counting countries shown on a map · Counting countries uses counting to find a total in geography.
True · Transfer uses a learned skill beyond the task where you first learned it.
Remembering an experiment's steps · Remembering the experiment's steps uses ordering for a new task. Leo must still learn its instructions.
Mark the question and the details she needs · Marking what is asked and the needed details helps Priya find useful information again.
Group the cards by their size · Theo can keep grouping by a chosen feature while changing that feature from color to size.
False · A useful skill can carry over while some rules or details need changing.
List game pieces and check the box against it · Nia changes the list to name game pieces, then compares the box with that list to find anything missing.