College Composition and Communication Feb 2019

Using Objective-Motivated Knowledge Activation to Support Writing Transfer in FYC

Jerry Stinnett

Abstract

This article theorizes how students know when to activate knowledge acquired in FYC courses. Addressing knowledge activation as motivated by pursuing activity-specific objectives, the author calls for situating students’ encounter with and acquisition of rhetorical knowledge and practices of writing as knowledge of how to perform activities other than writing.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2019-02-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc201929987
Open Access
Closed
Topics
first-year composition transfer

Citation Context

Cited by in this index (3)

  1. Mack (2024)
    Developing Dispositions for Transfer
    Pedagogy
  2. Mannon et al. (2023)
    Evangelical Rhetoric in College Students’ Writing Practice
    College Composition and Communication
  3. Ringer et al. (2021)
    Posthumanizing Writing Transfer
    College English

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    Written Communication
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    A Multimodal Task-Based Framework for Composing
    College Composition and Communication
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