Intermediate text representations in the writing process : their relationship with writing strategy
A survey of two hundred and fourteen undergraduates explored the inter-relationship between the writing strategy adopted, the intermediate text representations created, the methods used to create them, the processes performed on them, and their function in the writing process. The sequence of intermediate text representations created was elicited as a progression through a six box grid where each box represented a different type of intermediate text representation that may have been created. This method was found to be valid and a wide variety of routes through the grid were identified that displayed stability, efficacy, and utility in describing writing behaviour. Five stable writing strategies were elicited from a cluster analysis of the undergraduates' responses to a series of questions on their writing behaviour. A fresh sample of forty-nine undergraduates was able to readily identify from the cluster descriptions the strategy they had adopted to complete a similar writing task, and the writing strategies displayed similarities with those identified in other studies. A relationship was found between the adopted writing strategy and the sequence of intermediate text representations created. The intermediate
Thomson, Kenneth
Strategies; Standards
Intermediate text representations in the writing process : their relationship with writing strategy. A survey of two hundred and fourteen undergraduates explored the inter-relationship between the writing strategy adopted, the intermediate text representations created, the methods used to create them, the processes performed on them, and their function in the writing process. The sequence of intermediate text representations created was elicited as a progression through a six box grid where each box represented a different type of intermediate text representation that may have been created. This method was found to be valid and a wide variety of routes through the grid were identified that displayed stability, efficacy, and utility in describing writing behaviour. Five stable writing strategies were elicited from a cluster analysis of the undergraduates' responses to a series of questions on their writing behaviour. A fresh sample of forty-nine undergraduates was able to readily identify from the cluster descriptions the strategy they had adopted to complete a similar writing task, and the writing strategies displayed similarities with those identified in other studies. A relationship was found between the adopted writing strategy and the sequence of intermediate text representations created. The intermediate
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