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Sophie Hall; Veerle M. Baaijen; David Galbraith – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
This paper argues that traditional threshold-based approaches to the analysis of pauses in writing fail to capture the complexity of the cognitive processes involved in text production. It proposes that, to capture these processes, pause analysis should focus on the transition times between linearly produced units of text. Following a review of…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Cognitive Processes, Writing Processes, College Students
Erin Pacquetet – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation explores the relationship between language production processes and recorded typing behaviors among native speakers of English writing in their native language. Typing is quite prevalent in modern societies, as its use is becoming increasingly required in professional and personal settings but it remains largely understudied in…
Descriptors: English, Native Language, Writing (Composition), Word Processing
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Lisa Haake; Sebastian Wallot; Monika Tschense; Joachim Grabowski – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
Recurrence quantification analysis (RQA) is a time-series analysis method that uses autocorrelation properties of typing data to detect regularities within the writing process. The following paper first gives a detailed introduction to RQA and its application to time series data. We then apply RQA to keystroke logging data of first and foreign…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Keyboarding (Data Entry), Word Processing, Writing Processes
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Lee, Bradford J. – The EUROCALL Review, 2020
Mobile-learning (m-learning), or mobile-assisted language learning (MALL), has been the object of a great deal of research over the last twenty years. However, empirical work in this area has largely failed to produce generalizable conclusions due to variation in methodology, target feature, and task-type (Burston, 2014, 2015). As schools in Japan…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Handwriting, Word Processing, Electronic Learning
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Ching, Kory Lawson – Written Communication, 2018
This study examines the experiences and perceptions of writers who composed text using "distraction-free" writing tools that stand as alternatives to standard word processing programs. The purpose of this research was to develop a clearer understanding of how digital writing tools may shape the activities and practices of writers, as…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Processes, Writing Instruction, Word Processing
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Tosuncuoglu, Irfan; Kirmizi, Özkan – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2019
The present study was undertaken to measure the metacognitive writing awareness of university-Flevel learners. The participants of the study are 101 students of English Language and Literature, enrolled at a state university in Turkey. The grade level of the students ranges from the first grade to the fourth grade. In order to collect data, a…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Advanced Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Van Der Steen, Steffie; Samuelson, Dianne; Thomson, Jennifer M. – Written Communication, 2017
This study addresses the current debate about the beneficial effects of text processing software on students with different working memory (WM) during the process of academic writing, especially with regard to the ability to display higher-level conceptual thinking. A total of 54 graduate students (15 male, 39 female) wrote one essay by hand and…
Descriptors: Word Processing, Keyboarding (Data Entry), Writing (Composition), Educational Benefits
Huh, Joo Hee – ProQuest LLC, 2012
I criticize the typewriting model and linear writing structure of Microsoft Word software for writing in the computer. I problematize bodily movement in writing that the error of the software disregards. In this research, writing activity is viewed as bodily, spatial and mediated activity under the premise of the unity of consciousness and…
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Word Processing, Writing (Composition), Writing Processes
Cunningham, Robert – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the combination of word prediction and text-to-speech software on the writing process of translating. Participants for this study included 10 elementary and middle school students who had a diagnosis of disorder of written expression. A modified multiple case series was used to collect data…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Writing (Composition), Visual Aids, Prompting
Wikborg, Eleanor – 1992
This study investigated the writing habits of seven professionals who regularly use word processing to compose texts at work. The aim of the investigation was to get some idea of the variation to be found in how these writers use word processing to compose longer texts (four pages or more). Subjects noted advantages of word processing, such as the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Employment, Foreign Countries, Word Processing
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Butler, Syd; Cox, Barbara – Language Arts, 1992
Discusses the collaboration of two first grade girls as they wrote three stories on a newly installed classroom computer. Finds that children bring a great deal of knowledge about the processes and conventions of writing and story construction into their composition. Notes that a single microcomputer can be put to valuable use without complicated…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Grade 1, Microcomputers, Primary Education
Sivin, Jay P.; And Others – Computers, Reading and Language Arts, 1984
Discusses the benefits of using word processing software to motivate student writers. Briefly describes computer programs that assist students during the composing process. (AEA)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Motivation, Student Attitudes, Word Processing
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Van Leeuwen, Charlene A.; Gabriel, Martha A. – Reading Teacher, 2007
Writing behaviors of grade 1 children were explored as they used word processors to support their writing. Information was gathered in the form of field notes and audiotape transcripts from classroom observation sessions, along with informal interviews with students and teachers. Themes which emerged from the data analysis suggested a combination…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Writing Instruction, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Worsley, Dale – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1985
Describes a pilot program that used computers to help teach creative writing to children in New York's South Bronx. (CRH)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Creative Writing, Elementary Education
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Tracey, Richard – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1983
Discusses the benefits of using a word processor for composition in the areas of prewriting, revising, proofreading, and printing. (AEA)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Prewriting, Printing
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