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ERIC Number: EJ453783
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-6543
The Nature of Knowledge in Composition and Literary Understanding: The Question of Specificity.
Smagorinsky, Peter; Smith, Michael W.
Review of Educational Research, v62 n3 p279-305 Fall 1992
Reviews issues related to transfer and knowledge specificity as articulated in psychology, theory and research in composition and literary understanding that parallel the debate in psychology, three positions that have emerged in literary debates (cases for general knowledge, task-specific knowledge, and community-specific knowledge), and assumptions that support these positions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Psychology, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Reading Comprehension, Transfer of Training, Writing (Composition)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Knowledge; Specificity