Transfer is the ability to apply knowledge from one topic to another. The “transfer yardstick” can help determine how well students understand passages that differ by various degrees from the original content or context: near, mid, and far.
Students who received three years of MORE lessons, which are embedded within science and social studies time for six weeks per school year, outperformed control students on end-of-grade state standardized tests in both reading comprehension and math.
In fact, the difference in reading for MORE students was equal to more than nine and a half weeks’ worth of literacy learning. And the results persisted. Why? MORE focuses on teaching for transfer.