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Author Gregg, Lee W

Title Cognitive Processes in Writing
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (190 pages)
Series Psychology Library Editions: Cognitive Science
Psychology library editions. Cognitive science.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; I THEORETICAL APPROACHES; 1. Identifying the Organization of Writing Processes; What Is a Protocol?; Verbal Protocols; An Example of Protocol Analysis; Protocol Analysis-More Generally Considered; Analysis of a Writing Protocol; The Task Environment; The Writer's Long-Term Memory; The Writing Process; Testing the Model; Protocol Sections; Hypothesis 1: The Form of the Written Materials; Hypothesis 2: Classifying "Content" Statements; Hypothesis 3: Measuring Retrieval Chains
Conclusions2. The Dynamics of Composing: Making Plans and Juggling Constraints; Constraints on Composing; Juggling Constraints; 3. A Framework for a Cognitive Theory of Writing; Introduction; Idea Production; Text Production; What Makes Writing Difficult to Learn; A Computer-Based "Writing Land"; Conclusion; 4. Development in Writing; What Is Development in Writing?; Writing as a Cognitive Process; Information-Processing Load in Writing; Possible Stages in Writing Development; Writing Development and Schooling; Indications for Research; II WRITING RESEARCH AND APPLICATION
5. Experiments on Composing Letters: Some Facts, Some Myths, and Some ObservationsSummary of Experimental Studies; Some Theoretical Thoughts About Composition; 6. Specific Thoughts on the Writing Process; 7. Teaching Writing by Teaching the Process of Discovery: An interdisciplinary Enterprise; The Composing Process: An Introspective View; The Process of Discovery; Teaching the Process of Discovery; Conclusion; 8. A Garden of Opportunities and a Thicket of Dangers; Our Inheritance; The Current Models As a Beginning; Dangers of Uncritical Acceptance; Needed Research Beyond the Basic Models
Notes Author IndexSubject Index
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Subject Writing -- Psychological aspects
English language -- Rhetoric.
Cognition.
Cognition
cognition.
Cognition
English language -- Rhetoric
Writing -- Psychological aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Steinberg, Erwin R
ISBN 9781317246541
1317246543