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The Problem of Transfer
“Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.” Animal Crossing
Countering the Banking Model
Rethink learning "transfer as dynamic activity in which writers have the agency to both draw from and reshape writing knowledge to suit and influence writing contexts" (DePalma, 2015, p. 616)
Facilitate Metacognition
Instructors can help students "make the learning in one context more available in the other" through the construction of theories of writing and the use of a tracing heuristic (Shepard, 2018; DePalma, 2015)
Backward-Reaching
Thinking “back on past learning when [they] encounter a new learning challenge” (Shepherd, 2018, p. 109).
Forward-Reaching
Reflecting “on future contexts where new knowledge can be used” (Shepherd, 2018, p. 109).
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