Activity Theory and Its Implications for Writing Instruction

Keywords

Scholarship, Rhetorical question, Writing center, Basic writing, Point (geometry)

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• Beyond Knowledge and Skills: Writing Transfer and the Role of Student Dispositions.Dana Lynn Driscoll, Jennifer Wells — 2012
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• Teaching the Analytical LifeBriati Jackson — 2010
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