Publication Date
5-2010
Type of Culminating Activity
Thesis
Degree Title
Master of Arts in English, Rhetoric and Composition
Department
English
Major Advisor
Heidi Estrem, Ph.D.
Abstract
This thesis explores the use of a new rhetorical problem-solving model for writing instruction to create opportunities for abstract thinking and extend the transfer of rhetorical knowledge. The author conducts a qualitative research study on the transfer of rhetorical knowledge by interviewing former students and evaluating their writing samples written in their courses beyond composition. By revisiting the early cognitive writing process research of Linda Flower and John R. Hayes, evaluating the differences between novice and expert writers, and creating corollaries with David Perkins and Gavriel Salomon’s theories on transfer, the author identifies markers for transfer within the rhetorical situation and suggests teaching writing as rhetorical problem solving to extend this transfer to new contexts.
Recommended Citation
Roser, Janet, "Extending Transfer in Composition: Exploring a Model for Conceptualizing Rhetorical Problems" (2010). Boise State University Theses and Dissertations. 214.
https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/td/214