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Bisaillon, Jocelyne – Written Communication, 2007
Identifying the approach used by those revision experts par excellence--that is, professional editors--should enable researchers to better grasp the revision process. To further explore this hypothesis, the author conducted research among professional editors, six of whom she filmed as they engaged in their practice. An analysis of their work…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction, Editing, Revision (Written Composition)
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Haswell, Richard H. – Written Communication, 1988
Argues that the context of writing improvement helps explain writing error. Findings imply that undue efforts by teachers to prevent mistakes may hinder improvement. (RAE)
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Higher Education, Writing Improvement
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Ney, James W. – Written Communication, 1986
Examines some of the theoretical and practical objections to error analysis and proposes it would be more appropriate for teachers to lead students through the use of creative language exercises into the use of many of the possible sentences in a language. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Language Patterns