ERIC Number: ED660898
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 146
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ISBN: 979-8-3840-4637-0
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Concurrent Curricular & Worksite Transfer: A Study of Student's Writing Transfer through a College Work Internship
Robert Ransom Cole
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, The Florida State University
This dissertation is a qualitative IRB approved research project that explores students' writing practices while students are enrolled in upper-level writing courses and a writing internship for the Editing, Writing, and Media undergraduate degree program. This project explores the phenomenon of transfer, or how learners utilize prior knowledge to inform their current learning. This project further researches the concept of concurrent, or just-in-time, transfer. Concurrent transfer happens when learners are still in the process of learning in one context but use that still-developing knowledge to learn in another context. Through three instances across the Fall 2020 semester, this project interviewed four students to explore how their writing practices in their coursework and students' writing practices in their internships informed each other. The first interview took place at the start of the semester, the second interview took place in the middle of the term, and the final interview happened at the conclusion of the semester. The data collected reveals instances of transfer and concurrent transfer that further the understanding of both phenomena. The first chapter introduces the inspiration and scope of this study, including key terms and foundational research. Chapter 2 explores background literature used in this study, providing an informal timeline of the history of transfer scholarship, a look at writing research through internships, and a focus on the brief exploration of concurrent transfer in writing studies. Chapter 3 posits research methods and data collection procedures. Chapter 4 explores case studies of all four study participants and presents the data gathered for this project, and Chapter 5 discusses implications, limitations, summary of findings, and recommendations. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Writing Skills, Internship Programs, Transfer of Training, Work Experience Programs
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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