Psychological Mechanisms, Influencing Factors, and Effective Instructional Conditions of Knowledge Transfer
HUANG Mei1,2**
1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yili Normal University,Yili 835100, China; 2. School of Teacher Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Abstract The ability to transfer knowledge is closely related to the capacity for solving complex problems and fostering innovation. The learning process of knowledge comprises four stages: activation, acquisition, consolidation, and transfer, with the transfer stage representing the advanced phase where learning undergoes a qualitative leap from quantitative accumulation. Knowledge transfer occurs among thinking, activities, and the environment, facilitated by the generalization of common elements, the proceduralization of knowledge, and deep processing as well as modeling of knowledge. Knowledge transfer is influenced by the quantity, quality, and structure of prior knowledge, mental set, the depth of knowledge processing, metacognitive reflective ability, as well as critical and divergent thinking. During the transfer stage, teachers can achieve efficient teaching through instructional strategies such as analogical transfer, proceduralization of declarative knowledge, model-based processing, systematic problem-solving, and critical thinking instruction.
HUANG Mei. Psychological Mechanisms, Influencing Factors, and Effective Instructional Conditions of Knowledge Transfer[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Education, 2025, 46(21): 12-17.
