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Flower, Linda; Hayes, John R. – 1981
In an examination of two alternative hypotheses about the role played by pauses in the planning of writing, this paper focuses on the long, "pregnant" pause. The first section of the paper examines the two alternative hypotheses about planning, one based on the theoretical perspective of linguistics and the other on the assumptions of…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Linguistics, Planning, Prewriting
Monkarsh, Frances Celniker – 1985
Significant findings in recent research concentrate on how writing is taught in school and how it might best be taught. Research on writing over the past fifteen years has shifted emphasis from product to process. The writing process can be divided into three stages: prewriting, writing, and rewriting. Prewriting (everything that takes place…
Descriptors: Prewriting, Revision (Written Composition), Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction
Keiser, Samuel E.; DeLuca, Emeric – 1981
Arguing that to consider only the writer's mental processes is an intellectualist view of the composing process that does not present a fully human way of knowing, this paper takes the position that the writer is more than a mind at work and that an account of the writer as knower must include a consideration of the interaction between mind and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Expressive Language, Language Usage, Learning Theories
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Fulwiler, Toby; Petersen, Bruce – College English, 1981
Facetiously examines heuristics in mumbling, staring, moving, doodling, and noise that can be used by writing teachers to help their writing students with rhetorical invention. (RL)
Descriptors: Prewriting, Problem Solving, Questioning Techniques, Student Development
Myers, Miles – 1980
A synthesis of three different writing theories into one model for the writing process is given in this report and evidence is provided for various parts of the model from studies using different methods of investigation. The model developed contains three phases: (1) processing or whiting as discovery, including propositionalizing, subchunking,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discourse Analysis, Educational Theories, Models
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Smye, Randy – English Quarterly, 1984
Reviews what researchers have found out about prewriting, and postulates how this information can help teachers promote growth in writing. (CRH)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Prewriting, Secondary Education
Ulusoy, Mustafa – Online Submission, 2006
In this paper, the role of computers in writing process was investigated. Last 25 years of journals were searched to find related articles. Articles and books were classified under prewriting, composing, and revising and editing headings. The review results showed that computers can make writers' job easy in the writing process. In addition,…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Writing Processes, Computer Software, Writing Ability
Humes, Ann – 1981
Research on the composing process conducted from 1946 until the present is summarized in this paper. Concentratinq on research dealing with the process of writing, the paper does not include studies of written products, language development, or the effects of instruction. The research is arranged in chronological order from the earliest to the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Prewriting
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Ulusoy, Mustafa – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2006
In this paper, the role of computers in writing process was investigated. Last 25 years of journals were searched to find related articles. Articles and books were classified under prewriting, composing, and revising and editing headings. The review results showed that computers can make writers' job easy in the writing process. In addition,…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Writing Processes, Computer Software, Writing Ability
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Guthrie, John T. – Journal of Reading, 1984
Examines recent research that uses protocol analysis to determine the cognitive processes used by writers in planning their work. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Planning, Prewriting
Rodrigues, Raymond J.; Rodrigues, Dawn – 1983
Prewriting programs using computers fall into two broad categories: interactive and noninteractive. An early example of a noninteractive program is that of Ellen Nold, called "Cinnamon." Its purpose was to present the student with a series of content questions. In answering such questions, the student would be accumulating a set of data…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Faigley, Lester; Skinner, Anna – 1982
After a short introductory chapter to this literature review on composing processes, the second chapter examines research that covers the timing and content of planning, planning subprocesses, employing planning strategies, and instruction in planning. Studies in the third chapter are divided into two sections, oral and written discourse…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Duckworth, Kenneth; De Bevoise, Wynn – 1986
Subjective engagement and cognitive skills are important for various aspects of writing skills. For the work of writing to be efficient, the student must be able to function in both a rhetorical and productive situation, defined in terms of subject, function, and audience. The processes of writing--defined as planning, translating, and reviewing…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Motivation, Peer Evaluation
Moss, R. Kay – 1982
The designs, procedures, and findings of a number of studies related to the writing processes of elementary school children are reviewed in this paper. The first section of the paper discusses the rationale of the literature review and the search procedures employed, while the second section summarizes the characteristics of the studies examined…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Elementary Education, Learning Theories, Literature Reviews
Sommers, Elizabeth A.; Collins, James L. – 1984
Research about writing and the teaching of writing has demonstrated that writing is a process, that thinking and writing are inextricably connected, that workshop and tutorial methods are more efficient than teacher or textbook dominated instruction in writing, and that correctness does not have to be a major concern in the teaching of writing.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Microcomputers
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