Teaching English in the Two-Year College May 2014

Feature: Transfer Theory, Threshold Concepts, and First-Year Composition: Connecting Writing Courses to the Rest of the College

Mark Blaauw-Hara

Abstract

This essay provides a brief overview of transfer theory and threshold concepts and discusses how they can be applied to general-education writing courses.

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Teaching English in the Two-Year College
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2014-05-01
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10.58680/tetyc201425116
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