First-Year Composition and Transfer: A Quantitative Study
@article{Williams2017FirstYearCA, title={First-Year Composition and Transfer: A Quantitative Study}, author={J. Williams and Minami Hattori}, journal={Journal of pedagogic development}, year={2017}, volume={7} }
The present study investigated the effect of writing pedagogy on transfer by examining the effect of pedagogical orientation (WAC/WID or ‘traditional’) on content-area grades. Participants were 1,052 undergraduates from 17 schools throughout the United States. Hypothesis was that the WAC/WID orientation would lead to higher transfer levels as measured by participants’ higher content-area performance. Composition grades were collected in year one; content-area grades where collected in year two… CONTINUE READING