Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ukma!psuvm.bitnet!cunyvm!byuvax!egberta From: egberta@byuvax.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.ai.edu,comp.cog-eng,comp.edu.composition,sci.psychology Subject: Writing Research (References?) Message-ID: <59egberta@byuvax.bitnet> Date: Thu, 3-Dec-87 11:48:29 EST Article-I.D.: byuvax.59egberta Posted: Thu Dec 3 11:48:29 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Dec-87 19:01:10 EST Lines: 29 Xref: utgpu junk:6606 comp.cog-eng:336 junk:6607 junk:6608 on cognitive skills and abilities such as planning, organizing, critical thinking, etc. For example, one of the arguments for teaching children (and adults) programming languages is that it improves their problem- solving skills. There are those that say writing will increase or enhance higher cognitive abilities and thus encourage the task of writing on those grounds. I am aware of much of the literature which shows that various organizational and planning abilities are prerequisites for good writing, but I have been less successful in finding studies which show improvements (or decrements) in cognitive abilities as a result of writing. Is there anyone out there who can point me to current research in the psychology of writing that addresses these issues? I would appreciate pointers to on-going research(ers) as well as references. Please e-mail responses to me and I will summarize to the net. (If there is enough interest to start a discussion on this topic, let's start it in sci.psychology. There has been some recent interest in discussing educational issues in this group.) Thanks in advance, Arch Egbert egberta@byuvax.bitnet Brigham Young University