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2018
Volume 50, Issue 2
  • ISSN: 0098-6291
  • E-ISSN: 1943-2356

Abstract

This article synthesizes the literature on writing transfer and findings from several key studies of reading in two-year colleges to outline a set of pedagogical practices that instructors can use to promote reading transfer through explicit attention to “strategic reading.”

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