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transfer of training

transfer of training

4.9
Using skills or knowledge learned in one place in another similar situation
  • noun
  • Formal
translation icon : transferencia de entrenamiento
  • The workshop included practical activities to promote the transfer of training to everyday tasks.

Examples

  • For example, a critical adjunct of a workshop is the provision of consultative follow-up, with support provided in participants' actual employment settings to facilitate transfer of training and appropriate application of principles.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The major components of the "Stop and Think" model are (a) discussion of social skills, (b) modeling, (c) role playing, (d) performance feedback, and (e) transfer of training via application in an everyday environment (Knoff).

    Academic text (2004)
  • Also, positive transfer of training may facilitate learning of a new task.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Future research might consider developing new ABM interventions that are more reliable and more realistic to promote the transfer of training effects to real-life situations.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Preliminary findings (e.g., questionnaires, patient self-report) indicate better transfer of training to other real-world memory tasks in patients who learn and practice mnemonic strategies with this software program.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Teachers often seek methods to enhance the transfer of training so that students can apply their skills in real-world scenarios.

  • Effective coaching can improve athletes' transfer of training from practice drills to competitive events.

Synonyms

transfer
vstransfer of training
  • Specialized
6 3.9

Using a skill learned in one situation in another similar situation

is the longer phrase form that names the same application
carry-over
vstransfer of training
  • Specialized
1 5.1

Using skill or knowledge from one situation in another similar situation

is the standard multiword expression with the same meaning
knowledge transfer
vstransfer of training
  • Specialized
4.1

Using what one trained model learned to help another model perform better

applies to human skills across situations rather than machine model reuse

How Transferable

transfer of training
  • Formal
4.9
knowledge transfer
  • Specialized
4.1
pretraining
  • Specialized
4.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

transfer + of + training

The noun phrase is directly compositional: 'transfer' (to apply or move) combined with 'training' (learning or instruction) denotes applying learned skills to new contexts. This is a literal, technical combination (with 'of' as a function word) rather than an idiom, and similar formulations exist in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will grasp the meaning.

Etymology

Transfer of training paints a simple picture: you move what you learned in one place to another. Think of the training as tools you learned and the transfer as carrying those tools to your job, so it means 'using skills or knowledge learned in one situation in a different but similar situation'.