Transfer 101
Paths of Transfer
Metacognition
Problem Solving Teaching
Park Lane Trivia
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The phase of learning in which students take the reins of their own learning and are able to apply thinking to new concepts and situations. (page 175)

What is transfer?

200

A transfer that occurs among youngest learners, and changes in appearance as the learner progresses developmentally. (page 181)

What is mechanism?

200

This is the ability to think about our own thinking. (page 185)

What is metacognition?

200

This helps students engage in the process of determining the cause of a problem (page 193).

What is problem solving teaching?

200

At one point, Park Lane had over ___________ students.

What is 1,000?

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The goal is to apprentice students into becoming their own _______. (page 176)

What is teachers?

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When teachers select tasks that encourage and provide learners with opportunities to connect and support transfer learning. (page 181)

What is real-world situations?

400

This is a metacognitive strategy that allows us to track our understanding and catch ourselves when we are off target. (page 185)

What is self-questioning?

400

0.61 (page 192)

What is the effect size of problem-solving teaching?

400

This person met their spouse on a blind date, and married 4 months later. The catch is that it wasn't even the person they were on a date with! 

Who is Justin?

600

This occurs when new situations are paired closely with a context students have experienced. (page 177)

What is near transfer?

600

When learning becomes more meaningful because learners see what they’re learning as being more meaningful in their own lives. (page 183)

What is relevancy?

600

This helps students understand where they were and where they are now. (page 187)

What is self-reflection?

600

 Predicting, clarifying, solving, and summarizing (page 194).

What are the four phases of problem solving teaching?

600

This teacher dominated at the most recent laser tag game.

Who is Ria?

800

The learner is able to make connections between more seemingly remote situations. (page 178)

What is far transfer?

800

When the contrastive element is the extent to which the thinking involved is under the learners conscious direction.  (page 179)

What is low-road hugging and high-road bridging?

800

This is a strategy where a student helps another student learn and master a concept. (page 190)

What is peer tutoring?

800

A literacy strategy used to build reading comprehension by having students work in structured collaborative groups to build their understanding of texts (page 193).

What is reciprocal teaching?

800

This 5th grade teacher at Park Lane is going to become a father this fall!

Who is Mr. Webster?