Notes toward A Theory of Prior Knowledge and Its Role in College Composers’ Transfer of Knowledge and Practice

Liane Robertson, Kara Taczak, and Kathleen Blake Yancey

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Notes toward A Theory of Prior Knowledge and Its Role in College Composers’ Transfer of Knowledge and Practice

Liane Robertson, Kara Taczak, and Kathleen Blake Yancey

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In this article we consider the ways in which college writers make use of prior knowledge as they take up new writing tasks. Drawing on two studies of transfer, both connected to a Teaching for Transfer composition curriculum for first-year students, we articulate a theory of prior knowledge and document how the use of prior knowledge can detract from or contribute to efficacy in student writing.

Journal: Composition Forum
Published: 2012
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