Transfer of training between cognitive subskills: is knowledge use specific?
A study was conducted to examine the use-specificity principle, using Anderson's ACT* theory of skill acquisition and transfer. According to this theory, transfer between tasks occurs when the two tasks share production rules or “common elements.” This leads to a principle of “use specificity of kn...
| Published in: | Cognitive Psychology Vol. 28; pp. 175 - 225 |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article |
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Academic Press Inc.
April 1995
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