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Peer reviewedSmagorinsky, Peter – Research in the Teaching of English, 1991
Uses on-line protocol analysis to contrast the effects on the writing process of knowledge taught in three instructional treatments: models, general procedures, and task-specific procedures. Finds that the task-specific group integrated their ideas purposefully, thought critically about the concepts being defined, and appeared to establish a…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Instructional Effectiveness, Protocol Analysis, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedDurst, Russel K. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1987
Investigates the thinking processes students employ and the text structures they produce in analytic writing. Contrasts eleventh grade students' analytic and summary writing using think-aloud protocols and examination of genre conventions governing students' writing. Concludes that in analytic writing, students employed more varied and complex…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Writing, Critical Thinking, Discourse Analysis
