A student uses geometry learned in class to help an architect analyse a spatial problem very different from any problem faced in geometry class. This is an example of which type of learning transfer?

Far transfer is the application of learning to a situation very different from the one in which it was acquired, as when class geometry helps solve a novel architectural problem.

Near transfer applies learning to closely similar situations, which does not describe this large contextual leap.

Forward transfer is not the standard label for this distant application.

Downward transfer is not a recognised category for this scenario.

Far transfer demands abstraction of a principle so it can serve in unfamiliar contexts.

Salomon and Perkins linked far transfer to high-road, mindful, effortful transfer.