Optimizing Learning Environments: An Individual Difference Approach to Learning and Transfer

Optimizing Learning Environments: An Individual Difference Approach to Learning and Transfer Daniel M. Belenky (dmb83@pitt.edu) Timothy J. Nokes (nokes@pitt.edu) Learning Research and Development Center University of Pittsburgh, 3939 O’Hara Street Pittsburgh, PA 15260 manipulations of task goals through instructions can change the ways students learn, similar to the effect of task structure. If directly manipulating task goals produces similar...