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Transferring Skills

Recognise when a skill or strategy learned in one subject or situation can be applied in a completely different one

Typical age: 8–9 years

“Has your child ever spotted that something they learned in one subject — like a way of organising information — could help them in a completely different one?”

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Connecting New & Old IdeasREQUIRED
Recognising transfer opportunities requires the habit of connecting ideas — transfer is connection across subject boundaries
Spotting Patterns
Transfer often follows recognising a structural pattern that recurs in a new context

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Drawing conclusions from evidence (age 12+)
Identifying patterns in data is a form of the knowledge-transfer skill developed in Learning-to-Learn