Transfer is thought to be one of the primary benefits of comparison.
The benefits of comparison extend beyond the creation of generalized knowledge.
However, the mnemonic benefits of comparison are much smaller than those of reminding.
The benefits of comparison on many different aspects of learning are well established (Gentner & Markman, 1995; Gick & Holyoak, 1983; Loewenstein et al., 1999).
Benefits of comparison have been shown across a variety of domains, including math (Ross & Kennedy, 1990), biology (Glynn & Takahashi, 1998), physics (Kurtz et al., 2001), and spatial mapping (Loewenstein & Gentner, 2001), across a wide range of ages (Gentner & Namy, 1999; Loewenstein & Gentner, 2001), and across long retention intervals (Chen & Klahr, 1999).
The great benefit of international comparison is that it allows the observer to step outside their own institutions and context, to compare with other countries and to look back at their own country from a new, foreign, perspective.
Further, we have demonstrated the benefit of a comparison among samples of the same tumour type as well as against normal tissues in order to reveal expression changes that may be functionally important.
Compared with Fraenkel [ 6] we had the benefit of the comparison with the international literature and modern diagnostic systems and incorporated cases from four, rather than one, years of the war.
Thus, accurate gene annotation benefits significantly from comprehensive comparison of multiple closely related genomes, but at the same time there still remains a significant percentage of SSOGs in each ant species.
Graham Smith, editor of PC Gamer, says one of the benefits of the comparison is that it allows us to see how more experimental gaming sits in relation to famous franchises like Call of Duty.
