{"product_id":"writing-across-contexts-kathleen-yancey-9780874219371","title":"Writing Across Contexts: Transfer, Composition, and Sites of Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003e Addressing how composers transfer both knowledge about and practices of writing, \u003ci\u003eWriting across Contexts\u003c\/i\u003e explores the grounding theory behind a specific composition curriculum called Teaching for Transfer (TFT) and analyzes the efficacy of the approach. Finding that TFT courses aid students in transfer in ways that other kinds of composition courses do not, the authors demonstrate that the content of this curriculum, including its reflective practice, provides a unique set of resources for students to call on and repurpose for new writing tasks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The authors provide a brief historical review, give attention to current curricular efforts designed to promote such transfer, and develop new insights into the role of prior knowledge in students' ability to transfer writing knowledge and practice, presenting three models of how students respond to and use new knowledge--assemblage, remix, and critical incident.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A timely and significant contribution to the field, \u003ci\u003eWriting across Contexts\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to graduate students, composition scholars, WAC and writing-in-the-disciplines scholars, and writing program administrators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen Yancey, Liane Robertson, Kara Taczak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 087421937X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780874219371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Utah State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.12w x 0.60d","brand":"Kathleen Yancey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45898207953151,"sku":"9780874219371","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4969a50-e836-42fe-959d-1e66e1a03c2a.jpg?v=1721375757","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/writing-across-contexts-kathleen-yancey-9780874219371","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}