Learning and transfer: A general role for analogical encoding.

Dedre Gentner ^[1] ; Jeffrey Loewenstein ^[2] ; Leigh Thompson ^[1]
1. [1] Northwestern University
  
  Northwestern University
  
  Township of Evanston, Estados Unidos
2. [2] University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  
  University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  
  Township of Cunningham, Estados Unidos
Localización: Journal of educational psychology, ISSN-e 1939-2176, ISSN 0022-0663, Vol. 95, Nº. 2, 2003, págs. 393-408
Idioma: inglés
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- Teaching by examples and cases is widely used to promote learning, but it varies widely in its effectiveness. The authors test an adaptation to case-based learning that facilitates abstracting problem-solving schemas from examples and using them to solve further problems: analogical encoding, or learning by drawing a comparison across examples. In 3 studies, the authors examined schema abstraction and transfer among novices learning negotiation strategies. Experiment 1 showed a benefit for analogical learning relative to no case study. Experiment 2 showed a marked advantage for comparing two cases over studying the 2 cases separately. Experiment 3 showed that increasing the degree of comparison support increased the rate of transfer in a face-to-face dynamic negotiation exercise. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)