An English teacher taught students that plural of cat is cats, plural of house is houses, plural of pen…
When previously learned knowledge (forming plurals by adding '-s') hinders or causes errors in new learning (writing 'mouses' instead of 'mice'), it is an example of…
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An English teacher taught students that plural of cat is cats, plural of house is houses, plural of pen is pens. In this manner student did a mistake while making plural of mouse as mouses. Which type of transfer of learning occurred in this situation?
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When previously learned knowledge (forming plurals by adding '-s') hinders or causes errors in new learning (writing 'mouses' instead of 'mice'), it is an example of negative transfer of learning.
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