What is meant by the statement " Today's learning is tomorrow's transfer?"
Today's learning is tomorrow's transfer. This statement is meant that students will learn the knowledge that is taught in class and then tomorrow it will either transfer into their working memory, long term memory, or just go right out the door. A transfer is when a student's brain decides on what to do the the information. When teachers teach their students while they are engaged for example just by acting by doing or teaching others, the information being processed transfers over to the long term memory. Other wise like if teachers teach in a lecture format, it is less likely for the student to transfer the information into the long term memory. Usually it will just go out.
This is very important for a teacher to be aware of this and should be reminded to teach where students are engaged as well as making sure they are teaching more effectively.
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I think your addition at the bottom about the implications for this idea that students transfer information after we teach it is important to consider. Like you said, keeping students engaged will facilitate positive transfer and can ensure that the knowledge will at least transfer into working memory, if not into long term memory. It is easier to teach a lesson that will be go right "out the door" as you said, but it is important to focus on engaging students so that transfer can occur after the lesson is taught.
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