Abstract:
Development of practical training programs to ensure effective transfer of learning is
hampered by the fact that there are a number of different types of transfer. Of these
different types. the one which may be considered by many to be the most desirable is far
transfer which is involved with difficult. that is non-routine problem solving. This paper briefly
examines the different types of transfer before focusing upon some of the key issues surrounding
far transfer. In particular the paper considers the important issue of the degree of variability
from the originally learned stimulus and the ability of humans to continue to recognise this
stimulus as connected to the original learning. Recommendations are made for the development
of a new, more inclusive theory of learning that better accounts for factors involved in the
transfer of learning.
