Internet project-based learning environment: the effects of thinking styles on learning transfer

The purpose of this study, in an environment of Internet project-based learning, is to undertake research on the effects of thinking styles on learning transfer. In this study, we establish an environment that incorporates project-based learning and Internet. Within this environment, we divide our sample of elementary school students into four groups: Executive Group, Legislative Group, Judicial Group, and Mixed Group. Taking the learning of ‘Natural Science’ as an example, we investigate the effects of different thinking styles on learning transfer. The results of this study are: (a) significant differences between the near transfer of the Executive Group and the Legislative Group, (b) no significant differences in far transfer are found among groups of different thinking styles, (c) the near transfer of the Mixed Group is superior to that of the Legislative Group and the Judicial Group, and (d) the far transfer of the Mixed Group is superior to that of the Legislative Group.