College Composition and Communication Dec 2023

Readiness to Learn: Variations in How Students Engage with the Teaching for Transfer Curriculum

Kathleen Blake Yancey ; Sonja Andrus ; Matthew Davis ; Sharon Mitchler ; Liane Robertson ; Kara Taczak ; Howard Tinberg ; Tanner WouldGo

Abstract

This article outlines the concept of readiness to learn (RTL) as a framework for explaining students’ differentiated engagement with the Teaching for Transfer (TFT) curriculum. As documented in student voices, RTL operates along a continuum ranging from preparing to engage, on one end, to enacting TFT, on the other, with beginning to engage in the middle.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2023-12-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc2023752248
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