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ERIC Number: EJ422658
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-527X
Conceptualizing and Measuring Knowledge Change Due to Writing.
Schumacher, Gary M.; Nash, Jane Gradwohl
Research in the Teaching of English, v25 n1 p67-96 Feb 1991
Reviews recent complex and somewhat confusing evidence on writing-to-learn. Draws on the field of cognitive psychology to offer a way to reconceptualize how researchers might approach the study of the impact of writing on learning. Considers five methods for assessing structural changes in knowledge due to writing. (MG)
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Research Design, Researchers, Writing (Composition), Writing Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Writing Tasks; Writing to Learn