The effect of conceptual and contextual familiarity on transfer performance

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 489-499

  Kulasegaram, Kulamakan ^a   Min, Cynthia ^a   Ames, Kimberly ^a   Howey, Elizabeth ^a   Neville, Alan ^a   Norman, Geoffrey ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basic science; Cognition; Concept learning; Problem solving; Transfer; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGY;

CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; ONTARIO; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84866072969     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-011-9326-z     Document Type: Article

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