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Whithaus, Carl; Harrison, Scott B.; Midyette, Jeb – Assessing Writing, 2008
This article examines the influence of keyboarding versus handwriting in a high-stakes writing assessment. Conclusions are based on data collected from a pilot project to move Old Dominion University's Exit Exam of Writing Proficiency from a handwritten format into a dual-option format (i.e., the students may choose to handwrite or keyboard the…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Handwriting, Pilot Projects, Writing Tests
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Cochran-Smith, Marilyn – Review of Educational Research, 1991
Literature on word processing (WP) and writing in elementary classrooms is reviewed. Five propositions are constructed to provide a schema for understanding what is known and needs to be learned about young writers and WP. WP's effects on students' composing processes, written products, attitudes, and keyboarding/systems skills are considered.…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction
Hunter, William J.; And Others – 1988
This report summarizes and synthesizes current research on the effects of using word processors on students' writing performance. The report examines cognitive models of the writing process, issues in the assessment of writing performance, and research on instruction in keyboarding. The work was carried out as part of a course requirement by…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Constructing Theoretically Informed Measures of Pause Duration in Experimentally Manipulated Writing
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
Galbraith, David; Vedder, Ineke – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
This special issue is devoted to describing and evaluating new methods for analyzing online writing processes in a second language (L2). As all the contributors have stated, the aim is to identify the cognitive processes underlying writing. The ultimate aim is to employ observations and experimental manipulations of these processes to build…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cognitive Processes, Writing Processes