An Example of Negative Transfer: Luchins' Water Jar Experiment - Luchins and Luchins (1970) studied how prior experience can limit people's abilities to function efficiently in new settings. They used water jar problems where participants had three jars of varying sizes and an unlimited water supply and were asked to obtain a required amount of water. A synopsis, adapted from Luchins and Luchins (1970). www.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/ch3_b2.html
ASL & EHL: Students' misconceptions in geometric problem solving - From First Misconceptions Proceedings Abstracts (Proceedings of the misconceptions in science and mathematics. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, June 20-22, 1983) www2.ucsc.edu/mlrg/proc1abstracts.html
Edith H. Luchins' Home Page - Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. University of Oregon, Mathematics of psychology, mathematics education. Honorary Member of the Society for Gestalt Theory and its Applications (GTA) www.rpi.edu/dept/math/www/people/temp/luchie.html
