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Agents of Integration : Understanding Transfer as a Rhetorical Act

The question of how students transfer knowledge is an important one, as it addresses the larger issue of the educational experience. In Agents of Integration: Understanding Transfer as a Rhetorical Act, Rebecca S. Nowacek explores, through a series of case studies, the issue of transfer by asking wh...

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Autor principal: Nowacek, Rebecca S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Sumario:The question of how students transfer knowledge is an important one, as it addresses the larger issue of the educational experience. In Agents of Integration: Understanding Transfer as a Rhetorical Act, Rebecca S. Nowacek explores, through a series of case studies, the issue of transfer by asking what in an educational setting engages students to become "agents of integration"--Individuals actively working to perceive, as well as to convey effectively to others, the connections they make. While many studies of transfer are longitudinal, with data collected over several years, Nowacek's is sync
Notas:Other Books in the CCCC Studies in Writing & Rhetoric SeriesBack Cover.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (189 pages).
ISBN:9780809390885