Yet, the resporisibility for preparing people to he productive employees and members of society has fallen to higher education classroom educators tLynton, 1989]. l.n other words. educators have to consider how best to teach for transfer—to teach thinking skills that are transferable (Gagne, Briggs, & Wager, 1992), as opposed to specific skills for each situation which builds students’ performance on a narrow range of school tasks (Perkins & Salomon. 1985)