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Direct linkYang, Chengsong; Zhang, Lawrence Jun; Parr, Judy M. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
The reactivity of think-alouds (TAs) (i.e., their effects on thinking) has remained an inevitable concern whenever their use is considered or evaluated. This paper reports findings from a study that involved 85 Chinese sophomores, who, having received some instruction in diction, and then written a narrative in English as a baseline task,…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Writing Research, English (Second Language), Writing (Composition)
Yang, Chengsong – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2019
This paper reports on a qualitative study that explored the veridicality (i.e., the completeness and accuracy) of think-aloud protocols (TAPs) in English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) writing and illustrates how retrospective verbal reports (RVRs) compensated for TAPs in understanding online revision. Forty-three Chinese sophomores, upon writing…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students
Download full textCheng, Fei-Wen – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2009
Students' interpretations of their academic writing tasks has been a central concern in the cognitive-based writing research due to the prominent role such decision-making plays in determining students' subsequent thinking and composing strategies and ultimately in shaping their textual quality. Without a comprehensive understanding of how L2…
Descriptors: College Seniors, Writing Research, Writing Instruction, Academic Discourse
Paley, Karen Surman – 1994
An informal study explored the dynamics of the task of writing college application essays, which urge self-revelation but are judged by omnipotent admissions committees. Four students in the top 17% of their class of 194 in a predominantly white suburban school completed think-aloud protocols as they drafted a response to an application question…
Descriptors: Admissions Officers, Audience Awareness, College Admission, College Applicants
Strickland, James – 1987
A protocol study investigated whether computer tutors (programs that interactively guide writers while they freewrite with a word processing program) promote or hinder a richer understanding of the composing process. The analysis focused on writers' attitudes toward computer tutors in the invention process. Data were collected by tape recording a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Protocol Analysis
PDF pending restorationRijlaarsdam, G. – 1987
To evaluate composition programs based on peer feedback, a study compared the improvement in written composition skills of two sets of eighth grade students in 11 classes at eight Dutch schools. The control group was enrolled in teacher feedback programs, the experimental group was enrolled in peer feedback programs. Students wrote a discursive…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Foreign Countries, Peer Evaluation, Program Evaluation
