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The dynamics of narrative writing in primary grade children: writing process factors predict story quality
In this study of third grade school children, we investigated the association between writing process measures recorded with key stroke logging and the final written product. Moreover, we examined the cognitive predictors of writing process and product measures. Analyses of key strokes showed that w...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4761367/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26941479 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11145-015-9618-4 |
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author | von Koss Torkildsen, Janne Morken, Frøydis Helland, Wenche A. Helland, Turid |
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description | In this study of third grade school children, we investigated the association between writing process measures recorded with key stroke logging and the final written product. Moreover, we examined the cognitive predictors of writing process and product measures. Analyses of key strokes showed that while most children spontaneously made local online revisions while writing, few revised previously written text. Children with good reading and spelling abilities made more online revisions than their peers. Two process factors, transcription fluency and online revision activity, contributed to explaining variance in narrative macrostructural quality and story length. As for cognitive predictors, spelling was the only factor that gave a unique contribution to explaining variance in writing process factors. Better spelling was associated with more revisions and faster transcription. The results show that developing writers’ ability to make online revisions in creative writing tasks is related to both the quality of the final written product and to individual literacy skills. More generally, the findings indicate that investigations of the dynamics of the writing process may provide insights into the factors that contribute to creative writing during early stages of literacy. |
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spelling | pubmed-47613672016-03-01 The dynamics of narrative writing in primary grade children: writing process factors predict story quality von Koss Torkildsen, Janne Morken, Frøydis Helland, Wenche A. Helland, Turid Read Writ Article In this study of third grade school children, we investigated the association between writing process measures recorded with key stroke logging and the final written product. Moreover, we examined the cognitive predictors of writing process and product measures. Analyses of key strokes showed that while most children spontaneously made local online revisions while writing, few revised previously written text. Children with good reading and spelling abilities made more online revisions than their peers. Two process factors, transcription fluency and online revision activity, contributed to explaining variance in narrative macrostructural quality and story length. As for cognitive predictors, spelling was the only factor that gave a unique contribution to explaining variance in writing process factors. Better spelling was associated with more revisions and faster transcription. The results show that developing writers’ ability to make online revisions in creative writing tasks is related to both the quality of the final written product and to individual literacy skills. More generally, the findings indicate that investigations of the dynamics of the writing process may provide insights into the factors that contribute to creative writing during early stages of literacy. Springer Netherlands 2015-12-31 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4761367/ /pubmed/26941479 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11145-015-9618-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2015 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Article von Koss Torkildsen, Janne Morken, Frøydis Helland, Wenche A. Helland, Turid The dynamics of narrative writing in primary grade children: writing process factors predict story quality |
title | The dynamics of narrative writing in primary grade children: writing process factors predict story quality |
title_full | The dynamics of narrative writing in primary grade children: writing process factors predict story quality |
title_fullStr | The dynamics of narrative writing in primary grade children: writing process factors predict story quality |
title_full_unstemmed | The dynamics of narrative writing in primary grade children: writing process factors predict story quality |
title_short | The dynamics of narrative writing in primary grade children: writing process factors predict story quality |
title_sort | dynamics of narrative writing in primary grade children: writing process factors predict story quality |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4761367/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26941479 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11145-015-9618-4 |
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