Addressing how composers transfer both knowledge about and practices of writing, Writing
across Contexts explores the grounding theory behind a specific composition curriculum …

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 …

As the Elon Statement on Writing Transfer (2015; Appendix A) explains, recent research has
examined a number of factors associated with how composers move knowledge, strategies …

Writing studies scholars have highlighted the concept of metacognition in various settings,
including the Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing (2011) and recent research …

When I reflect back, I realize I have everything I need to understand writing better in my other
classes. I know that I need to think through certain things, like the audience I'm writing for …

In an address at the University of Michigan on January 27, 2012, President Obama hinted at
his administration's potential plans for higher education He began by linking education …

The eight habits of mind put forward in the Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing
(Council of Writing Program Administrators, National Council of Teachers of English, and the …

At three different institutions, public and private, in varying roles, I have found the very
particular problem of how to inform micro-level classroom practices with macro-level …

We report on a college-level study of student reflection and instructor prompts using scoring
and corpus analysis methods. We collected 340 student reflections and 24 faculty prompts …

As writing transfer researchers have begun to consider how writing knowledge might best
transfer between contexts, the question of content becomes increasingly central. This …