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Educational Psychologist Volume 47, 2012 - Issue 3: New Conceptualizations of Transfer of Learning
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The Import of Knowledge Export: Connecting Findings and Theories of Transfer of Learning

Samuel B. Day Department of Psychology, Susquehanna University
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Robert L. Goldstone Department of Psychology, Indiana University
Pages 153-176 | Published online: 25 Jul 2012
 
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Abstract

After more than 100 years of interest and study, knowledge transfer remains among the most challenging, contentious, and important issues for both psychology and education. In this article, we review and discuss many of the more important ideas and findings from the existing research and attempt to bridge this body of work with the exciting new research directions suggested by the following articles.

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