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Download full textChanglin Li; Nik Aloesnita Nik Mohd Alwi; Mohammad Musab Azmat Ali – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2025
To investigate how task complexity cognitive factors influence the lexical complexity in essay writing, this study was guided by Robinson's Cognition Hypothesis (CH) and Skehan's Limited Attentional Capacity Model (LACM), and examined the effects of task complexity on lexical complexity in undergraduates' essay writing. Using Lu's Lexical…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Difficulty Level, Lexicology, Cognitive Processes
McNamara, Danielle S.; Allen, Laura K. – Grantee Submission, 2019
Writing is a crucial means of communicating with others and thus vital to success and survival in modern society. This article provides an overview of recent research and key findings about writing, including the roles of cognitive and social processes during writing, and educational research on how to improve writing proficiency. Writing…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Processes, Writing Research, Educational Research
Direct linkCavanagh, Martine Odile; Langevin, Rene – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2010
The object of this exploratory study was to test two hypotheses. The first was that a student's preferential cognitive style, sequential or simultaneous, can negatively affect the imaginative fiction texts that he or she produces. The second hypothesis was that students possessing a sequential or simultaneous preferential cognitive style would…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Cognitive Style, Writing Strategies, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Kieft, Marleen; Rijlaarsdam, Gert; Galbraith, David; van den Bergh, Huub – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
Background: When writing a text, students are required to do several things simultaneously. They have to plan, translate and review, which involve demanding cognitive processes. In order to handle this complexity, writers need to develop a writing strategy. The two most well-defined writing strategies that have been identified, are those of a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grade 10, Writing Skills, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedBreetvelt, Iris; And Others – Cognition and Instruction, 1994
Investigated the relationships between cognitive activities and text quality using think-aloud protocols. Found that some cognitive activities appeared to be relatively restricted to the first part of the writing process, whereas others dominated at later stages. The relationships between text quality and cognitive activities seemed to depend on…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, High School Students, High Schools, Protocol Analysis
Latham, Dorothy – 2002
This book outlines the processes involved when children learn to write, and it shows how certain strategies can improve children's progress in writing. Dealing with the age range 3-13, the book addresses issues of the gender gap, children with English as an additional language, and left-handedness. It includes ideas for assessment of writing. It…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, British National Curriculum, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education
