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    "pk": 27741,
    "title": "Contrasting Cases Enhances Transfer of Physics Knowledge from an Engineering Design Task",
    "subtitle": null,
    "abstract": "An extensive body of work has documented the impact of\nanalogous cases on transfer. However, far less work has\nexplored the role of contrasting cases in facilitating transfer.\nWe designed a novel contrasting cases activity to engage\nlearners with center-of-mass concepts in an engineering design\ntask – building a cantilever using Legos. Participants in three\nconditions analyzed either contrasting cases, single cases, or no\ncases in the midst of an engineering design activity.\nContrasting cases facilitated near but not far transfer. However,\nall conditions built equally successful cantilevers and noticed\nthe underlying structure of center-of-mass concepts to the same\ndegree. Moreover, regardless of condition, participants who\nnoticed the structure at a deeper level performed better on both\nthe engineering task and the far transfer assessment. The work\nhas implications for the design of science and engineering\ninstruction, while expanding our understanding of the\nperceptual processes that underlie transfer.",
    "language": "eng",
    "license": {
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        "short_name": "",
        "text": null,
        "url": ""
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "transfer"
        },
        {
            "word": "Contrasting cases"
        },
        {
            "word": "Science learning"
        },
        {
            "word": "Engraving"
        },
        {
            "word": "education"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Publication-based-Talks",
    "is_remote": true,
    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3f12t6xh",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Catherine",
            "middle_name": "C",
            "last_name": "Chase",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Columbia University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Laura",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Malkiewich",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Columbia University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Aakash",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Kumar",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Columbia University",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2018-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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