College Composition and Communication Dec 2019

The Teaching for Transfer Curriculum: The Role of Concurrent Transfer and Inside-and Outside-School Contexts in Supporting Students’ Writing Development

Kathleen Blake Yancey ; Matthew Davis ; Liane Robertson ; Kara Taczak ; Erin Workman

Abstract

Drawing on the Teaching for Transfer (TFT) writing curriculum, this study documents how students in writing courses at four different institutions transferred writing knowledge and practice concurrently into other sites of writing, including other courses, co-curriculars, and workplaces. This research demonstrates that when students, supported by the TFT curriculum, understood that appropriate transfer of writing knowledge and practice is both possible and desirable, (1) they engaged in writing transfer during the TFT course into other sites of writing; (2) they transferred from in-school contexts into out-of-school contexts with facility; and (3) in both cases, they engaged in a just-in-time transfer.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2019-12-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc201930423
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Open Access
Closed
Topics
writing pedagogy teacher development transfer
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