TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nowacek,Rebecca S.
TI  - Agents of Integration: Understanding Transfer as a Rhetorical Act
T2  - Studies in Writing and Rhetoric
SN  - 9781336153608
AV  - PE1404 .A346 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Carbondale
PB  - Southern Illinois University Press
KW  - English language
KW  - Report writing
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; Other Books in the CCCC Studies in Writing and Rhetoric SeriesBack Cover; 2; Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Transfer as Recontextualization; 2. "I Finally Feel Like I've Really Learned Something": Students Becoming Agents of Integration; 3. Agents, Handlers, Audience Members: The Challenges Facing Instructors Teaching for Transfer; 4. "It's Really Hard for Me to Articulate, but I Know It's There": Transfer of Writing-Related Knowledge; 5. Implications; Appendix: Assignments from the Interdisc Sequence; References; Index; Author Biography; CCCC Studies in Writing and Rhetoric Series; 2; b
N2  - 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
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