Securing a Place for Reading in Composition: The Importance of Teaching for Transfer

by Ellen C. Carillo

Book Overview

Securing a Place for Reading in Composition addresses the dissonance between the need to prepare students to read, not just write, complex texts and the lack of recent scholarship on reading-writing connections. Author Ellen C. Carillo argues that including attention-to-reading practices is crucial for developing more comprehensive literacy pedagogies. Students who can read actively and reflectively will be able to work successfully with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874219590
• ISBN13: 9780874219593
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Utah State University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 19 years and up