EDUCATION UGC NET
CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY
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Group instruction
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Transfer of learning
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Jealousy between twins
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Accounts for the gradual evolution of the child,s cognitive social and other capacities
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Detailed explanation-1: -The identical-elements theory of Thorndike and Woodworth helps in explaining this phenomenon of transfer. They claimed that the transfer of learning from one task to another task would occur when both task shared some kind of common or identical elements.
Detailed explanation-2: -An alternative theory of identical elements was proposed in which it was postulated that transfer between activities would take place only if they shared common elements or features. Thus it was predicted that one’s training in addition would transfer to his ability to learn how to multiply.…
Detailed explanation-3: -The Principle of Identical Elements introduced by Thorndike and Woodworth (1901) states that the level of training transfer depends on the level of similarity between training and performance environments.