College Composition and Communication Sep 2021

Writing Transfer, Integration, and the Need for the Long View

Kevin G. Smith ; Kristi Girdharry ; Chris W. Gallagher

Abstract

Drawing on a five-year study of 20 student writers, this study advances a concept related to but distinct from writing transfer. Integration contextualizes and complicates transfer episodes and encourages us to take a long view of writing development. Like transfer, integration can be facilitated by connectionsand disconnectionswriters perceive between writing contexts.

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College Composition and Communication
Published
2021-09-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc202131585
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