Teaching and Learning Threshold Concepts in a Writing Major: Liminality, Dispositions, and Program Design.
In this article, we discuss what it means to learn troublesome "threshold concepts" about writing that cannot be adequately grappled with in a single course or assignment. Here, two faculty members and a graduate of a writing major reflect on elements of the writing curriculum, the writing center pr...
| Published in: | Composition Forum Vol. 38; pp. 1 - 2 |
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