▁All ▁the ▁unique ▁features ▁contribute ▁to ▁a ▁student ' s ▁ability ▁to ▁use ▁transfer ▁of ▁learning . ▁There ▁are ▁struct ural ▁techniques ▁that ▁can ▁aid ▁learning ▁transfer ▁in ▁the ▁class room . ▁These ▁struct ural ▁strateg ies ▁include ▁h ug ging ▁and ▁brid ging . ▁ ▁H ug ging ▁uses ▁the ▁technique ▁of ▁sim ulating ▁an ▁activity ▁to ▁encou rage ▁ref lex ive ▁learning . ▁An ▁example ▁of ▁the ▁h ug ging ▁strategy ▁is ▁when ▁a ▁student ▁practices ▁teaching ▁a ▁less on ▁or ▁when ▁a ▁student ▁role ▁plays ▁with ▁another ▁student . ▁These ▁examples ▁encou rage ▁critical ▁thinking ▁that ▁eng ages ▁the ▁student ▁and ▁helps ▁them ▁understand ▁what ▁they ▁are ▁learning — one ▁of ▁the ▁goals ▁of ▁transfer ▁of ▁learning ▁and ▁des irable ▁difficulties . ▁ ▁Br id ging ▁is ▁when ▁instruction ▁encourag es ▁thinking ▁abstract ly ▁by ▁helping ▁to ▁identify ▁connections ▁between ▁ideas ▁and ▁to ▁analyze ▁those ▁connections . ▁An ▁example ▁is ▁when ▁a ▁teacher ▁lets ▁the ▁student ▁analyze ▁their ▁past ▁test ▁results ▁and ▁the ▁way ▁they ▁got ▁those ▁results . ▁This ▁includes ▁amount ▁of ▁study ▁time ▁and ▁study ▁strateg ies . ▁Looking ▁at ▁their ▁past ▁study ▁strateg ies ▁can ▁help ▁them ▁come ▁up ▁with ▁strateg ies ▁to ▁improve ▁performance . ▁These ▁are ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁ideas ▁important ▁to ▁successful ▁to ▁h ug ging ▁and ▁brid ging ▁practices . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁many ▁benefits ▁of ▁transfer ▁of ▁learning ▁in ▁the ▁class room . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁benefits ▁is ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁quickly ▁learn ▁a ▁new ▁task . ▁This ▁has ▁many ▁real