Crossing Boundaries: Co-op Students Relearning to Write

Abstract

This article reviews the deeply conflicted literature on learning transfer, especially as it applies to rhetorical knowledge and skill. It then describes a study in which six students are followed through their first co-op work term to learn about which resources they draw on as they enter a new environment of professional writing. It suggests that although students engage in little one-to-one transfer of learning, they draw on a wide range of internalized rhetorical strategies learned from across their academic experience.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2012-06-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc201220299
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  1. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
  2. Writing and Pedagogy
  3. Pedagogy
  4. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
  5. College Composition and Communication
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  6. Pedagogy
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