If you, as a teacher, would like your students to learn the skill of cognitive transfer, you should do all but which one of the following?
A) Provide students with multiple opportunities to interrelate concepts.
B) Give students problems to solve that are similar to those on which they will be tested.
C) As you teach, provide students with retrieval cues to recall pertinent information from long-term memory.
D) Give students problems to solve that are different in one or more respects from those on which they will be tested.

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Cognitive transfer is the ability to apply knowledge and skills to new situations. To promote cognitive transfer, students need to be given opportunities to practice applying their knowledge and skills to different types of problems. Giving students problems to solve that are different in one or more respects from those on which they will be tested will help them to develop this ability.

If You, as a Teacher, Would Like Your Students to Learn