Writing Transfer beyond FYC
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| Title: | Writing Transfer beyond FYC |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Ryan P. Shepherd |
| Source: | College Composition and Communication. 2025 77(2):268-288. |
| Availability: | National Council of Teachers of English. 1111 West Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096. Tel: 877-369-6283; Tel: 217-328-3870; Web site: http://www.ncte.org/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 21 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | College Students, Freshman Composition, Writing Skills, Transfer of Training, College Freshmen, Student Attitudes, College Graduates, Relevance (Education), Reflection |
| DOI: | 10.58680/ccc2025772268 |
| ISSN: | 0010-096X 1939-9006 |
| Abstract: | This article seeks to present a model of critical factors that influence writing transfer by exploring and extending conversations happening in the field. The article identifies five critical and interconnected factors that support writing transfer: connection, perception, reflection, disposition, and fortification. These factors emerge from an integration of writing transfer scholarship and data from a longitudinal study of student writers. In that study, six participants were followed for seven years (from first-year composition past graduation and into the workforce) and asked to explain their experiences and perceptions of writing. I offer these five factors to spark a broader conversation about how multiple overlapping influences contribute to writing transfer and to encourage further research into how these factors interact and reinforce one another. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1497257 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This article seeks to present a model of critical factors that influence writing transfer by exploring and extending conversations happening in the field. The article identifies five critical and interconnected factors that support writing transfer: connection, perception, reflection, disposition, and fortification. These factors emerge from an integration of writing transfer scholarship and data from a longitudinal study of student writers. In that study, six participants were followed for seven years (from first-year composition past graduation and into the workforce) and asked to explain their experiences and perceptions of writing. I offer these five factors to spark a broader conversation about how multiple overlapping influences contribute to writing transfer and to encourage further research into how these factors interact and reinforce one another. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-096X 1939-9006 |
| DOI: | 10.58680/ccc2025772268 |
