Cognitive Writing Processes Modelled on Shaping the Text and Quality of Writing the Text Among Students Cover Image

Kognitivni procesi pisanja kao oblikovanje teksta i kvaliteta pisanja teksta kod studenata
Cognitive Writing Processes Modelled on Shaping the Text and Quality of Writing the Text Among Students

Author(s): Anela Nikčević-Milković
Subject(s): Psychology
Published by: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar
Keywords: cognitive writing processes; writing strategies; quality of the text

Summary/Abstract: The model of cognitive writing processes tries to explain cognitive processes and components which are included in writing a text. The quality of the written text depends on the use of strategies and techniques of writing, with a special emphasis on the strategies of planning and correcting the text. The aim of the research was to examine the relation between the quality of the text, use of the two key writing strategies and the educational level of students, attitudes to writing and writing experience, attitudes to reading and reading experience and attitudes concerning the value of individual writing strategies. We measured the quality of the text using the estimated cognitive level of processing information in written texts. We measured the use of writing strategies by the protocol-based self-evaluation. We measured the attitude to writing and writing experience, attitude to reading and reading experience, attitude on value of certain writing strategies using the Writing and reading questionnaire. The results show us that participants with a higher level of education have better quality texts. We established no difference in the quality of text regarding: attitudes to writing and writing experience, attitudes to reading and reading experience and attitudes on value of certain writing strategies. We established no difference in the use of strategic planning and correcting the text between the participants of lower and higher level of education and regarding the attitude to writing and writing experience. We established difference in the use of strategic planning regarding the attitudes to reading and reading experience and attitudes on value of certain writing strategies. We established no correlation between the quality of the text and the use of writing strategies.

  • Issue Year: 19/2010
  • Issue No: 108+109
  • Page Range: 853-872
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Croatian
Toggle Accessibility Mode