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Adler-Kassner, Linda; Majewski, John; Koshnick, Damian – Composition Forum, 2012
Using "threshold concepts" (Meyer and Land) as a lens, this article examines several issues related to learning within and across two general education courses--one in writing and one in history--in which students were concurrently enrolled. Analysis of data from students and instructors (of the history course) suggests threshold…
Descriptors: General Education, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Epistemology
Adler-Kassner, Linda – 1995
Controlling "literacy processes" was a concern of members of the dominant culture during the Progressive Era (about 1890-1917). Educators wanted to set students on the "right" course before formal schooling was over. Four history textbooks from the era share a general sense of what is required for public literacy, but they…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Educational History, Historians, History Textbooks