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... Essa maior atenção à revisão é atribuída a uma representação mais forte da tarefa de escrita e do leitor (Kellogg, 2008), mas também a uma maior capacidade de memória de trabalho. Pesquisadores têm repetidamente chamado a atenção para as restrições à memória de trabalho para crianças pequenas como escritores Scardamalia, 1987;Berninger;Cartwright;Yates;Swanson;Abbott, 1994;Hayes, 2012): as exigências de transcrição e ortografia em jovens escritores exercem alta demanda sobre a memória de trabalho, reduzindo a disponibilidade de recursos cognitivos para revisão. Como consequência, quando a revisão ocorre, ela tende a ser mais focada em aspectos locais do que globais da composição do texto. ...
... Essa maior atenção à revisão é atribuída a uma representação mais forte da tarefa de escrita e do leitor (Kellogg, 2008), mas também a uma maior capacidade de memória de trabalho. Pesquisadores têm repetidamente chamado a atenção para as restrições à memória de trabalho para crianças pequenas como escritores Scardamalia, 1987;Berninger;Cartwright;Yates;Swanson;Abbott, 1994;Hayes, 2012): as exigências de transcrição e ortografia em jovens escritores exercem alta demanda sobre a memória de trabalho, reduzindo a disponibilidade de recursos cognitivos para revisão. Como consequência, quando a revisão ocorre, ela tende a ser mais focada em aspectos locais do que globais da composição do texto. ...
... Muito pouco de suas rasuras gráficas ou comentários metalinguísticos relacionados à composição da narrativa que está sendo construída ou ao efeito de sentido produzido pelo conteúdo narrado é verbalizado, pois tendem a se concentrar em aspectos mais locais e pontuais, e menos globais. Essa tendência em escreventes novatos de se concentrarem nos problemas locais e não em aspectos relacionados aos efeitos de sentido do texto ou a problemas globais é notada na pesquisa cognitiva Scardamalia, 1982;Berninger;Fuller;Whittaker, 1996), mas pode ser imprudente tratar isso como uma trajetória determinista de desenvolvimento. A pesquisa sociocultural chama a atenção para o desenvolvimento concorrente da transcrição e composição: Dyson (2009, p. 242) descreve, por exemplo, a necessidade de se considerar a "reflexão autoral dos jovens escritores sobre suas decisões de composição" e como, através de suas narrativas, eles dão sentido e recontextualizam seus mundos de infância (Calil, 2012b;Calil et al., 2015;Calil, 2021). ...
... Three models of writing are described here: Berninger and Swanson's (1994) model of children's writing processes, Bereiter and Scardamalia's (1987) model of the transition from novice to skilled writer, and Graham's Graham's (2025) writers within community model. These models are not instructional or pedagogic models -rather, they focus on how writers write, and the knowledge, dispositions and processes they bring to the writing task. ...
... The earliest models of writing, dating back to the 1980s (e.g., Hayes & Flower, 1980), mainly described the writing processes of adults. Berninger and Swanson's (1994) model sought to extend this early work to younger writers (Figure 1.1). This model highlights the distinction between pre-planning (advance planning) and the planning that writers engage in as they write or review words and sentences (more localised planning). ...
... In presenting their model of writing development for children, Berninger and Swanson (1994) describe how development progresses through three stages: ...
... Some researchers speak about a deficit in the identification of errors and their correction (Horowitz-Kraus and Breznitz 2011). Subjects with dyslexia do not automate spelling during childhood like typical subjects (Berninger and Swanson 1994). ...
... For typical subjects, the spelling process becomes automated with age and experience (Berninger and Swanson 1994), which allows for more resources to be allocated to higher-level processes, such as planning and reviewing. Among other things, this freeing up of resources enables writers to use a high-level planning strategy like knowledge transformation or knowledge crafting, rather than knowledge telling (Bereiter and Scardamalia 1987;Kellogg 2008). ...
... The development of these strategies is strongly linked to the automation of certain processes, in particular graphomotor gestures and the orthographic conversion system. Previous studies reveal that the quality and length of written texts depend on the automation of spelling conversion (Berninger and Swanson 1994), and the high cost of the spelling dimension is said to result in 'poor compositional performances' (Fayol and Miret 2005, 397). Indeed, in children with typical development, the phoneme/ grapheme conversion system and graphomotor processes are automated approximately between 9 and 12 (Berninger and Swanson 1994), even though it is not before the age of 16 that adolescents can totally manage all aspects of written production, including the planning process (Piolat 2004). ...
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... The European Society of Radiology [3] references three types of biomarkers-biochemical or histological parameters; biochemical parameters or cells; and anatomical, functional or molecular parameters. Biomarkers have multiple applications, such as 1-prediction of disease risk; 2-detection: identification of patients with disease; 3-staging: classification of the extent of disease; 4-grading: use as an indicator of disease aggressiveness and prognosis; and 5-assessment of response to treatment [3] (p. 42). ...
... Writing also entails the following [40,41]: 1-the treatment of several linguistic and conceptual dimensions during the graphic realization; 2-the cost of the transcription step, regardless of how small it is and; 3-the possible impact of the cognitive resources allocated to the low-level processes on high-level processes. As regards the spelling process, it becomes automated with age and experience, and it is only between 9 and 12 that children with typical development automate conversion from phonemes to graphemes and the motor processes linked to the graphic activity [42]. Indeed, after the age of 10, handwriting becomes an autonomous skill, independent of spelling abilities [43,44]. ...
... But it is not before the age of 16 that adolescents can totally manage all aspects of written production, including the planning process [47]. Previous studies reveal that the quality and length of written texts depend on the automation and management of spelling conversion [42]. Indeed, if spelling conversion becomes a low-level process, cognitive resources can be allocated to higher-level processes, such as a high-level planning strategy to organize their text. ...
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Dyslexia–dysorthographia is a neurodevelopmental disorder in which the symptoms appear during the person’s development (generally around the age of 7 or 8) and persist throughout life. The study of this written language disorder mainly focuses on children, principally in the clinical, cognitive science and neuroscience fields. The importance and originality of this study are that it investigates the impact of dyslexia–dysorthographia on written production in young adults (students) with dyslexia, from a psycholinguistic perspective. To do this, students and matched-control individuals were asked to produce written texts on the same theme. These productions were then analysed, observing on-line indicators, such as pause location and duration. The current investigation found that students with dyslexia still have important difficulties with writing and their lack of automation in spelling has consequences on the transcription and planning process: although they have the same handwriting speed, pressure and word rate as control students, they make longer pauses before words, especially before short and long words, words involving grammatical inflexion, grammatical words and punctuation.
... Rather, writing in early childhood classrooms typically involves isolated skill activities related to name, letter, and letter-sound writing to support handwriting and spelling (Bingham et al., 2017;Coker et al., 2016). Unfortunately, isolated skill practice is inadequate to facilitate children's development of a functional writing system (Berninger & Swanson, 1994;Berninger et al., 2002). ...
... Children then translate idea(s) into language forms, drawing on oral language skills like vocabulary, syntax, and discourse/pragmatics. Children bring these ideas to life on the page by transcribing language into written text at their developmental level (e.g., pictures, scribbles, letters to represent a word). It is precisely the translation aspect of composing that lays the groundwork for children to engage with language-and code-based skills at a challenging level, accelerating their reciprocal growth (Berninger & Swanson, 1994;Berninger et al., 2017;Farrow et al., 2024). Translation provides the motivational context for exploring one's ideas for expression (e.g., creative thinking), which heightens children's attention to not just their early literacy skills but also language skills. ...
... Although transcription (which includes handwriting and spelling) is typically regarded as a sub-process of translation, we use the term "translation" throughout this paper specifically to refer to the process of converting ideas into language. This distinction is based on research showing that the generative aspect of early writing-idea-to-language translation-is largely distinct from transcription (Berninger & Swanson, 1994;Juel et al., 1986;Puranik & Lonigan, 2014). ...
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... Die Schreibflüssigkeit stellt damit einen wichtigen Prädiktor von Schreibkompetenz dar: Zu Beginn der Schreibsozialisation hängt die Qualität der Texte vor allem davon ab, ob es Schülerinnen und Schülern in einer hinreichenden Geschwindigkeit gelingt, akkurat Schrift zu produzieren (Fayol, 2017;Berninger & Swanson, 1994), d. h. flüssig zu schreiben. ...
... Sie setzt neben den orthographischen Fähigkeiten zusätzlich bestimmte motorische Fähigkeiten voraus" (Bachmann & Becker-Mrotzek, 2017, S. 28). Sie umfassen die Handschrift und das Tastschreiben (Berninger & Swanson, 1994;McArthur & Graham, 2017), die zwar zusammenhängen (Troia et al., 2020), jedoch empirisch zu unterscheiden sind (Weinzierl & Wrobel, 2017 Keystroke logging studies have shown [. . . ] that not only the number of words per minute in the final text is an interesting measure of fluency, but also the number of words produced per minute (including revised words and characters). ...
... Gängige Einheit ist die Phase, in der mindestens ein Wort geschrieben wird (Schneider, Becker-Mrotzek, Sturm et al., 2013;Weinzierl & Wrobel, 2017;Wyss, 2020). Bei weniger erfahrenen Schreibenden empfehlen Berninger & Swanson (1994) (Weinzierl & Wrobel, 2017;vgl. zu Leseprozessen Pauly, 2021). ...
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... However, 10-year-olds engaged more in changes on word level, and 13-year-olds attended to punctuation (Johansson, 2000). The writing development model by Berninger and Swanson (1994) (see also Berninger et al., 1996) takes the starting point in the writing processes described by Hayes and Flower, and use them in a description of three stages of writing development. The importance of transcription skills is especially emphasized in the model. ...
... The next cluster of measures concerns pausing, where we have included some of the measures automatically provided by Inputlog. The motivation for selecting these measures is to explore how automatization of transcription skills (as described by the model of Berninger and Swanson, 1994) and cognitive costs (following the capacity theory of writing described in McCutchen, 1996) will be shown ...
... Another fluency measure connected to longer texts was P-bursts (i.e., how many characters that were typed between pauses longer than 1 s) that were associated with more fluent writing. This is all in line with theories about automatization which suggest that when transcription skills are established, this will decrease the cognitive costs on low-level processes for the writers, and allow more elaborations on lexicon and expansion of the content and events in the texts (Berninger and Swanson, 1994;McCutchen, 1996;Fayol, 1999). Increased fluency was also associated with proportion spelling errors, indicating that less skilled typists also were occupied with attending to orthography. ...
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... Theoretical models suggest that early writers are more dependent upon transcription skills, which concern the construction of individual words, and eventually young writers develop stronger text generation skills that support their construction of ideas (Berninger, 2000;Berninger & Swanson, 1994). Given their age and nascent skills, it may seem unlikely that first graders could be tested with measures of written expression, but previous studies at this grade level successfully have included writing prompts (Berninger & Fuller, 1992;Coker et al., 2018;Kim et al., 2014;Kim et al., 2015;McMaster et al., 2009). ...
... Beyond the volume of words, organized writing reflects a hierarchical structure and relies upon executive function skills such as planning and revising the composition (Berninger, 2000;Berninger & Swanson, 1994). These cognitive processes are demanding, so greater automaticity of transcription skills would free up the necessary resources to organize a composition (Berninger & Swanson, 1994). ...
... Beyond the volume of words, organized writing reflects a hierarchical structure and relies upon executive function skills such as planning and revising the composition (Berninger, 2000;Berninger & Swanson, 1994). These cognitive processes are demanding, so greater automaticity of transcription skills would free up the necessary resources to organize a composition (Berninger & Swanson, 1994). Unfortunately, nearly half of the Cohort 2 first graders in our sample submitted responses that could not be scored. ...
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... Como advierten Koutsoftas y Gray (2013), el nivel de desarrollo cognitivo del alumnado de los últimos cursos de primaria no es todavía suficiente para que este realice los procesos de escritura de manera recursiva, tal como lo hacen los/as escritores/as expertos/as. Con todo, las personas más jóvenes e inexpertas tienden a realizar operaciones de planificación mientras escriben (Sénéchal, Hill y Malette, 2018) y solo con la práctica comienzan a distinguir entre este proceso y el de producción textual, y a realizar el primero antes que el segundo (Berninger y Swanson, 1994). Los estudios en los que se le pedía al alumnado que planificara antes de escribir han demostrado que este es capaz de hacerlo para los 9 años, aunque su habilidad para ello va mejorando con el tiempo (Berninger y Swanson, 1994;Limpo, Alves y Fidalgo, 2014; Robledo-Ramón y García-Gutiérrez, 2021; entre otros). ...
... Con todo, las personas más jóvenes e inexpertas tienden a realizar operaciones de planificación mientras escriben (Sénéchal, Hill y Malette, 2018) y solo con la práctica comienzan a distinguir entre este proceso y el de producción textual, y a realizar el primero antes que el segundo (Berninger y Swanson, 1994). Los estudios en los que se le pedía al alumnado que planificara antes de escribir han demostrado que este es capaz de hacerlo para los 9 años, aunque su habilidad para ello va mejorando con el tiempo (Berninger y Swanson, 1994;Limpo, Alves y Fidalgo, 2014; Robledo-Ramón y García-Gutiérrez, 2021; entre otros). ...
... En cuanto al proceso de revisión, este incluye la lectura crítica o evaluación del texto escrito, la corrección o resolución de problemas, y la reescritura (cuando esta es necesaria) (Flower y Hayes, 1981). Se trata de una habilidad que se adquiere más tarde que la de textualización y que, al igual que la de planificar, parece desarrollarse con la práctica (Berninger y Swanson, 1994). No obstante, es probable que el alumnado infantil revise si se le da la oportunidad de hacerlo y si no se espera que su primera versión sea la definitiva (Calil y Myhill, 2020;Graves, 1983). ...
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... The ability to produce a written text is a later developing language skill, possibly since it is dependent on multiple additional underlying linguistic and cognitive skills, as mentioned above. Based on a series of developmental studies of writing among elementary school children, Berninger and Swanson (1994) categorized two sub skills that support written production: transcription and text-generation. Transcription focuses on the ability to translate language from memory to writing-letter formation, spelling skills (Berninger and Swanson 1994), which are founded on a sound grasp of the alphabetic principle and strong orthographic memory for word spelling. ...
... Based on a series of developmental studies of writing among elementary school children, Berninger and Swanson (1994) categorized two sub skills that support written production: transcription and text-generation. Transcription focuses on the ability to translate language from memory to writing-letter formation, spelling skills (Berninger and Swanson 1994), which are founded on a sound grasp of the alphabetic principle and strong orthographic memory for word spelling. These skills develop early in literacy acquisition and lay the foundation for text-generation, which involves translating thought into varying units of languagewords, sentences, discourse. ...
... The present study was designed to examine the use of English inflectional verb morphology in written narratives among Arabic and Hebrew speaking children in their fourth year of studying English as a foreign language. We targeted this age group because in their fourth year of studying EFL, pupils in Israel have already acquired necessary transcription skills and should be able to use their text generation skills for text production, as suggested by Berninger and Swanson (1994). Considering the fact that there are significant structural differences between the two Semitic languages and English, as mentioned above, identifying specific difficulties Arabic and Hebrew speakers may encounter during production of written narratives in EFL in terms of the use of appropriate morphosyntactic structures to convey meaning, should provide additional information regarding possible cross-linguistic transfer between L1 and EFL that would support acquisition of English morphosyntax. ...
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... During the early years of learning, the phoneme-to-grapheme conversion system and the graphomotor processes must be automated. These two processes are not automated in typically developing children until around 12 years of age [48]. From this period on, children begin to mobilize cognitive resources, not only for the management of the conversion system but also for high-level writing processes such as planning or revising the text [49]. ...
... Around 12-15 years of age, adolescents can more easily manage all of the processes involved in a writing task [49], but it is not until they are 16 years old that they can fully manage the planning processes [50]. In typical subjects, spelling processes become progressively more automatic with experience [48], which allows-within the framework of the theory of capacity for written production [46]-more resources to be allocated to higher-level processes. ...
... Indeed, punctuation marks, like anaphora and connectors, are categorized among the cohe-sive marks of written production, which have real functional qualities in structuring the text [29]. Their production is determined during "textual linearization, an intermediary process between conceptual organization of planning and translation" [29], according to the models and work of Hayes & Flower [41] and Berninger & Swanson [48]. Linearization then appears as a high-level process, appearing early in the design of the message. ...
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Punctuation strongly contributes to the cohesion of the text. Despite this relevant role in written activity, this linguistic paradigm is too rarely observed. Moreover, it is all the more important to analyze its management as it is one of the difficulties declared by students with dyslexia. In that sense, the purpose of this paper is to analyze punctuation management during written text production by students with dyslexia, compared to matched control students. Previous English and Dutch studies confirm this feeling and reveal that students with dyslexia make many punctuation errors. That being said, there is no consensus; other studies do not reach this conclusion. For this present study, students with dyslexia and control students matched in age, university level, and gender were asked to produce spontaneous written and spoken narrative and expository texts. The written texts (N = 86) were collected using Eye and Pen© software with digitizing tablets. Results reveal that if students with dyslexia use the same inventory of punctuation marks as control students, they use fewer punctuation marks and make more errors than control students. These results are discussed and highlighted by the literature dealing with written production as a complex cognitive activity. They reveal that punctuation management is deficient for students with dyslexia, suggesting that the cohesion system can be impacted by dyslexia.
... G. Kim, 2020;Martin-Requejo & Santiago-Ramajo, 2021;McCutchen et al., 1994;Rocha et al., 2022;Soto et al., 2021;van Dijk et al., 2016), 1 articles took into account an adolescent population aged between 14 and 18 years (Vanderberg & Swanson, 2007) and the remaining 3 articles studied both school-aged children and adolescents (V. Berninger et al., 1996;Hoskyn & Swanson, 2003;. 19 articles involved a population with typical development (L. ...
... G. Kim, 2020;McCutchen et al., 1994;Vanderberg & Swanson, 2007), structural complexity (Drijbooms et al., 2015;Hoskyn & Swanson, 2003), text length (Drijbooms et al., 2017), number of produced words, narrative quality (. , translating (V. Berninger et al., 1996), handwriting (V. W. Berninger et al., 2010;Hoskyn & Swanson, 2003), spelling, and writing fluency (V. ...
... Specifically, for what concerns the role attributed to WM in text composition, some of these authors suggested that WM supports the coordination of the main writing phase, that of generation , translation, planning, and reviewing the written text (V. Berninger et al., 1996;Vanderberg & Swanson, 2007). Moreover, verbal WM contributed directly to text length and indirectly through handwriting to all writing performance outcomes (i.e., syntactic complexity, story content, text length, and spelling; Drijbooms et al., 2015). ...
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... G. Kim, 2020;Martin-Requejo & Santiago-Ramajo, 2021;McCutchen et al., 1994;Rocha et al., 2022;Soto et al., 2021;van Dijk et al., 2016), 1 articles took into account an adolescent population aged between 14 and 18 years (Vanderberg & Swanson, 2007) and the remaining 3 articles studied both school-aged children and adolescents (V. Berninger et al., 1996;Hoskyn & Swanson, 2003;. 19 articles involved a population with typical development (L. ...
... G. Kim, 2020;McCutchen et al., 1994;Vanderberg & Swanson, 2007), structural complexity (Drijbooms et al., 2015;Hoskyn & Swanson, 2003), text length (Drijbooms et al., 2017), number of produced words, narrative quality (. , translating (V. Berninger et al., 1996), handwriting (V. W. Berninger et al., 2010;Hoskyn & Swanson, 2003), spelling, and writing fluency (V. ...
... Specifically, for what concerns the role attributed to WM in text composition, some of these authors suggested that WM supports the coordination of the main writing phase, that of generation , translation, planning, and reviewing the written text (V. Berninger et al., 1996;Vanderberg & Swanson, 2007). Moreover, verbal WM contributed directly to text length and indirectly through handwriting to all writing performance outcomes (i.e., syntactic complexity, story content, text length, and spelling; Drijbooms et al., 2015). ...
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Writing is a complex task that is acquired in the early primary school years and continues to develop through adolescence and beyond. Studying the cognitive processes that support writing skills during the acquisition phase may be crucial to support this complex skill especially in less-skilled writers. Executive Functions (EF) could have an important role as they are high cognitive control processes that allow individuals to control and plan thoughts and actions in order to achieve a goal. Given that EF have a crucial development during childhood, when the basic writing skills are acquired, this systema- tic review aims to investigate the contribution of the main EF components to the writing process in children. Search string focused on three main concepts: executive functions, writing, and children. Twenty-six studies were included following the guidelines of the PRISMA Statement. From the analyzed studies, working memory, in comparison to inhibition, cognitive flexibility, and plan- ning, emerged as the most studied and the most related to writing skills. Nevertheless, the results also support the involvement of all EF basic components in writing, with a role that could vary depend- ing on the considered writing process.
... In general, there are two major types of students' practicing writing: copying and generative writing (Coker et al., 2018). Copying tasks offer opportunities for children to practice handwriting and spelling (Berninger & Swanson, 1994) and include copying letters or words. Different from copying, generative tasks require children to form ideas and produce a text and thus draw on a range of writing skills and knowledge. ...
... Different from copying, generative tasks require children to form ideas and produce a text and thus draw on a range of writing skills and knowledge. This includes handwriting and spelling skills and text genre knowledge to represent different genres, as well as composing processes to plan and revise text (Berninger & Swanson, 1994;Coker et al., 2018). Generative writing for kindergarten children includes composing a personal narrative or an informational text and writing sentences to accompany the picture. ...
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... Likewise, the lack of statistically significant improvement in certain areas underscores the complexity of writing skills development (Berninger & Swanson, 2000). For instance, orthographic skills require longer periods for optimal consolidation. ...
... Moreover, reinforcing underlying literacy skills is fundamental for communicative competence (Jiménez-Pérez, 2023) and for enhancing the higher-order process of writing (Berninger & Swanson, 2000). By developing these skills, writers can expand their vocabulary knowledge, grammatical structures, and linguistic resources and gain confidence to face challenging writing tasks. ...
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... Hayes and Flower's (1980) influential model lacks detail in terms of translation processes (turning plans and ideas into text to meet goals). While Berninger and Swanson (1994) adaption of the original Hayes and Flower model elaborated on these processes, punctuation was considered part of transcription (rather than an integral part of text generation). Alamargot and Fayol (2009) argue that models of text composition remain relatively imprecise in relation to the linguistic and orthographic processes involved in formulation. ...
... Alamargot and Fayol (2009) critique this model for neglecting the formulation component and its constituent processes. In an adapted version of the Hayes and Flower (1980) model, Berninger and Swanson (1994) included text generation and transcription within the formulation component with the latter including punctuation. In the past, punctuation has been relegated to a relatively subservient 'secretarial' role (Graves, 1983) where -along with spelling -it is considered part of the mechanics of writing (e.g. ...
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Framed within literacy education and applied linguistics, children's playful punctuation is considered within a paradigm of 'writing as design'. Drawing particularly on the work of Sharples (1999), the article examines data from a repeat design study of 9-11 year old children tackling a persuasive description task. The data showed evidence of children making plans, setting goals and satisfying constraints to fulfil communicative effect. As well as being testament to children's ingenuity in using punctuation in creative ways, the findings have implications for how the writing process is conceptualised and for how writing is taught.
... Although early writing is a foundational literacy skill, our understanding of children's development of early writing skills and how to promote them outside of English orthography is limited. Conceptual models of children's early writing development in English suggests that writing skills can be organized into two broad domains: transcription and composing writing skills (Berninger & Swanson, 1994Juel et al., 1986Puranik & Lonigan, 2014). Importantly, early writing is conceptualized to involve not only the skills that reflect children's cognitive development (e.g., name writing, letter writing; Puranik et al., 2018;Zhang et al., 2017) but also the skills that reflect children's sociocultural knowledge of writing as a means to communicate and express ideas (e.g., composing skills; Quinn & Bingham, 2019;Rowe, 2008;Rowe & Neitzel, 2010). ...
... Fourth, we conducted this study with a theoretical framework developed for understanding children's writing development within alphabetic language contexts (e.g., Berninger & Swanson, 1994Juel et al., 1986Puranik & Lonigan, 2014). Because there is such limited research into young Chinese children's writing development, we may have overlooked certain practices that support children's early writing and key features of composing and transcription skills. ...
... The limitations of this model are then presented, highlighting the importance and role of working memory in production. The analysis of the production activity of expert writers is then proposed with the presentation of the work of Bereiter and Scardamalia (1987) and the developmental model of Berninger and Swanson (1994). Finally, revision and planning models such as Hayes andNash's model (1996), Flower, Hayes, Carey, Shriver andStratman's model (1986) and Butterfield, Hacker and Albertson's revision model (1996) are described and analysed 1. ...
... Hayes and Flower's model is still a reference today (see Zoubir, 2020), even though it has been the subject of numerous criticisms, such as those of Berninger and Swanson (1994) and Hayes himself (1996). These criticisms concern, on the one hand, knowledge processing. ...
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... Research findings seem to support her assumptions as unskilled L1 writers have been found to produce text in sequential bursts of handwriting between planning phases (see e.g., Olive & Kellogg, 2002). Berninger and Swanson's (1994) work extended McCutchen's model, and showed that beginner L1 writers' WM resources are not only depleted because of lack of automaticity in handwriting but also due to effortful spelling. This can result in difficulties in paying attention to other aspects of writing, such as rhetorical structure and the use of complex and sophisticated language. ...
... This work led to the development of the Not-so-Simple View of Writing (Berninger & Winn, 2006) that further refined the role of the CE in writing processes and the development of writing skills. The key components of CE, inhibition, attention shifting, and updating have been found to influence not only lower-level transcription processes but also higher-level writing processes such as keeping strategic goals and multiple ideas active while writing, the retrieval and application of relevant linguistic knowledge and encoding procedures, as well as revising and editing (e.g., Bourdin & Fayol, 1994;Berninger & Swanson, 1994). Torres' study (2023, in this issue) also demonstrates that, regardless of whether they write in their L1 or L2, individuals with higher scores on the Ospan test (which taps into the updating function of CE) spend more time pausing within words to resolve linguistic encoding problems. ...
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This article revisits the role of cognitive individual differences in creating synergies between second language (L2) writing and second language acquisition research that were proposed by Kormos (2012). It takes stock of the advances in research findings, in the past decade, on the role of working memory and language learning aptitude in L2 writing processes and performance. The article offers an overview of how cognitive factors can mediate learning gains when L2 users engage in writing. Using theoretical accounts of cognitive individual differences, the article discusses how the characteristics of writing tasks can interact with individual variation in cognitive functioning. The article concludes by proposing a Task-Mediated Cognitive Model of L2 Writing and Writing to Learn that describes the role of cognitive factors in L2 writing processes and in learning through writing, and an outline of a research agenda for future studies.
... Based on Hayes and Flower's model (1980), written production supposes three cognitive processes: planning (generating ideas and setting goals), translating (transcribing ideas into written text), and revising (rereading the text to improve clarity of idea expression). Further, Berninger and Swanson (1994) adapt this model to text production among younger writers. They describe two processes for translation: text generation, which occurs at different levels of language, and transcription, which includes handwriting (letter production) and spelling (word production). ...
... This observation concurs with Graham and Weintraub (1996) who note that when writing speed is not fast enough, children forget their ideas before they can write them, which, in turn, has a negative impact on text production. By writing faster, children thus appear to automate the graphomotor aspect of spelling information, which is a crucial element in the development of writing skills (Berninger & Swanson, 1994). Overall, our results confirm the cognitive view that "writing quality depends, at least partially, on the writer's skill in managing the writing processes" (Beauvais, Olive, & Passerault 1 , 2011, p.425) We also note the students' ability to develop their writing speed because of the significant differences observed between the beginning and the end of the year. ...
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In the research area of writing development, an increasing number of researchers suggest that graphomotor skills could be much more important than they appear to be (Christensen, 2009). Few researchers have studied the link between handwriting and teaching practices, despite the fact that some studies indicate its importance (Graham, 2010). The general objective of this study is to explore the relationship between different handwriting styles and the development of writing skills among 715 children in Grade 2. Generally, our results show that the three handwriting styles (manuscript/cursive, manuscript, and cursive) have different effects on writing development (speed, quality, word production, and text production).
... We have sought to redress this separation by conceptualising writing, and thinking about writing, through an interdisciplinary lens with a tripartite focus on writing as an integrated process which combines the individual, the social, and the textual. An attention to the individual takes account of cognitive models of writing Hayes 1981, Bereiter andScardamalia 1987;Berninger and Swanson 1994) which primarily consider the mental processes involved in creating a text, and attend to the process of writing in terms of planning, generating and reviewing (Alamargot and Chanquoy 2001), and signal the importance of metacognition in writing (Hacker et al 2009). Of particular relevance to this chapter, cognitive psychology also frames writing as a problem-solving enterprise in which 'all writers must make decisions about their texts' (Kellogg 2008:2) -where multiple choices have to be made throughout the writing process about content, organisation and structure, and expression. ...
... So metacognition is broadly defined as 'any knowledge or cognitive activity that takes as its object, or regulates, any aspect of any cognitive enterprise' (Flavell 1992:114). Cognitive research has repeatedly signalled the importance of metacognition in writing (Kellogg 1994;Berninger et al 1994;Hacker et al 2009) because the act of writing requires self-monitoring and management of the task. Writing also requires high-level metacognitive rhetorical planning (Hayes and Flower 1980) and through metacognition, covert processes can be made visible (Bereiter and Scardamalia 1982). ...
... 3 Dans lequel on retrouve une vision cognitiviste du développement de la compétence à écrire (Berninger et Swanson, 1994 ;Hayes, 2012) Malgré cette complexité, les élèves du début du primaire sont généralement très motivés à apprendre à écrire (Archambault et al., 2010 ;Archambault et Dupéré, 2017 ;Pajares et al., 2007), mais cette motivation décline ensuite chez plusieurs ou subit des variations au cours du primaire (Archambault et al., 2010 ;Clark et Dugdale, 2009 ;Ekholm et al., 2018 ;Pajares et al., 2007) (MEES, 2017 ;Thériault et Allaire, 2022). Un des éléments caractérisant ces contextes est l'écriture numérique, c'est-à-dire l'écriture sur support numérique ou avec des outils numériques (Bouchardon, 2014). ...
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... , 여러 연구자들이 모형 기반의 설명에 의해 작문의 과정을 탐구해왔다 (Alamargot & Chanquoy, 2001;Bereiter & Scardamalia, 1987;Galbraith, 1999;Hayes & Flower, 1980;Kellogg, 1996). 다양한 (Hayes & Flower, 1980)를 비롯하여, 켈로그 (Kellogg, 1996), 반 베이크 (van Wijk, 1999), 헤이즈 (Hayes, 2012a) (Bereiter & Scardamalia, 1987;Berninger & Swanson, 1994;김혜 연, 2015a). ...
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Purpose: This study aims to examine the overall research trends of writing categorization research by introducing the methodology of a systematic review and analyzing its topics, methods, and purposes. Methods: The research procedure is as follows. First, 1,026 research articles were collected through a search of a representative research database in the field. Through the selection process of deduplication, primary filtering, and secondary filtering, 46 research articles were finally selected through for the analysis. The qualitative content analysis technique was applied to the selected literatures. Results: The coding results were presented according to two dimensions: writing research general and features of categorization. As for the writing research general, the five criteria of research methodology, research participants, research topic, research area, and publication year were analyzed; as for features of categorization, coding results according to another three criteria were presented: the purpose of the analysis, what the categorical variable is targeting, and whether there was a difference in quality/level between subtypes. Conclusion: Implications for the designs of follow-up studies and the application of writing education could also be derived.
... Studies on handwriting acquisition showed that coordination of perceptions, motor processes, and cognitive processes are important for the production of proficient and efficient handwriting movements (Giordano & Maiorana, 2015;Gerth, Klassert, Dolk, Fliesser, Fischer, MyJICT -Malaysian Journal of Information and Communication Technology Vol 5 2020, Issue 1 | e-ISSN 0127-7812 52 Nottbusch & Festman, 2016). Berninger (1994) emphasized that this transcription skill is fundamental to learning because its failure can be a hindrance to the higher levels of handwriting process. ...
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... After planning, students were given 10 min to write their text (T1: "Do you think teachers should give homework every day?"; T2: "Do you think there should be more field trips at school?"; T3: "Do you think parents should give money to their children every week?"). To avoid biased judgements, we removed text identification, randomly organized all texts, and typed the texts correcting for spelling errors (Berninger and Swanson, 1994). Both plans and texts were evaluated by two trained judges, blind to the study purposes. ...
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Introduction Over the years, extensive literature attested to the value of the Self-Regulation Strategy Development model (SRSD) for writing. Additionally, feedback has been recognized as essential to the teaching and learning of writing, and as supporting evidence-based instructional models for writing. However, little is known of the effects of combining evidence-based practice models, such as SRSD, with instructional feedback, as well as with a component of meditation. The present study aimed to study the effects of an SRSD intervention and to study the importance of instructional feedback within an SRSD intervention. Method A total of 69 primary students (4th graders) participated in this study. The study was divided into two phases: in Phase 1, two classes participated in a SRSD intervention program (SRSD-1 group; N = 33), whereas two others received regular writing instruction (control group; N = 36); in Phase 2, the previous control group received the SRSD intervention with or without instructional feedback (SRSD-2 with feedback, N = 19, vs. SRSD-2 without feedback, N = 17, groups), while the SRSD received regular writing instruction (SRSD-1 group). Results The effectiveness of the intervention was confirmed in both phases for the writing outcomes variables, but not for motivation. Overall, our study showed that the SRSD intervention with an additional meditation component was effective in improving students’ writing planning for all intervention participants. Additionally, writing quality and writing structure improved among those with lower scores at the pretest. Concerning motivation, we only found an effect on self-efficacy for ideation. Discussion We expect the current research to stimulate future examinations of the value of providing students with instructional feedback in writing interventions.
... Writing development, as seen through the lens of theoretical models, is a multifaceted process, involving a delicate interplay between numerous cognitive and linguistic factors (Berninger & Swanson, 1994;McCutchen, 2006). It is understood through two key theoretical models: the simple view of writing and the not-so-simple view of writing (Berninger & Winn, 2006;Juel et al., 1986). ...
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... Ces sujets produisent, en effet, des textes comprenant davantage de propositions pertinentes que les sujets qui ont travaillé en individuel. Ce résultat est cohérent avec les principaux modèles de la production verbale écrite (Bereiter & Scardamalia 1987 ;Berninger & Swanson 1994 ;Hayes & Flowers 1980) qui accordent à l'activation des connaissances un rôle fondamental et plus précisément dans le processus de planification. Ce type d'aide en situation plurilingue permet au sujet de réduire la charge cognitive liée à la planification et de posséder plus de ressources en mémoire de travail pour les processus de translating et de révision. ...
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... Such production differences have shown that the quality of written texts may be better than dictated texts in skilled writers (in students' stories Graham and Weintraub, 1996) or typed texts (in college students Varghese and Abraham, 1998). Berninger and Swanson (1994) compared the written and dictated stories of children in grades 3-7 and found that the written stories were longer, contained more words, and had a more complex syntax than the dictated stories. ...
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... Developmental research on writing commonly distinguishes between two fundamental aspects of writing: transcription and text generation [2,3]. Transcription skills, often also referred to as handwriting, encompass the cognitive and physical act of creating written representations of text, involving graphomotor and spelling processes [4]. ...
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... However, handwriting activities, which dynamically integrate perceptual motor, cognition, tactile, and kinesthetic sensitivities (Feder and Majnemer, 2007), also involve high-level cognitive processes (Kao, 2000). The fact that the "central" cognitive processes and "peripheral" motor processes continuously interact during written word production (Berninger and Swanson, 1994;Graham and Weintraub, 1996;Purcell et al., 2011;Roux et al., 2013;Kandel et al., 2017;Zhang and Feng, 2017) supports this standpoint. Cognitive processes here generally refer to cognitive planning, working memory processes, and phonological and orthographic coding (e.g., McCutchen, 2000;Volman et al., 2006). ...
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... De plus, Berninger et Swanson (1994), Alamargot et Chanquoy (2001) et Garcia-Debanc et Fayol (2002), reprochent ce modèle de l'absence d'intérêt à l'analyse des traitements langagiers. Autrement dit, Hayes et Flower (1980) ne se sont basés que sur la description des aspects conceptuels de la production écrite, mais ils n'ont pas essayé de les analyser. ...
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Le présent travail de recherche a pour objet l’étude des effets de l’écriture collaborative sur la production d’un texte de spécialité à dominante explicative en contexte universitaire algérien et notamment au niveau de la branche des sciences économiques. Les résultats obtenus ont démontré l’efficacité de ce genre d’écriture dans la gestion des différents dysfonctions phrastiques, le développement des capacités relatives à la planification et à la révision des textes de spécialité, la génération des idées pertinentes, la production des textes cohérents, cohésifs et riches en procédés explicatifs.
... La escritura es una actividad esencial que permite a los estudiantes expresar sus conocimientos y pensamientos, y participar en la mayoría de las actividades académicas (Berninger, 1994). La transcripción puede ser especialmente importante para comenzar y desarrollar la escritura en los años de la escuela primaria (Berninger & Swanson, 1994). ...
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... 지금까지 형태인식 연구는 읽기 (Carlisle, 1995;Deacon & Kirby, 2004;Jung, 2014)나 쓰기 (Bryant, Nune, & Bindman, 2000;Han, & Jung, 2018;Nune, Bryant, & Bindman 1997), 그리고 어휘와의 관 련성에 대한 연구에 주로 초점을 맞추고 있다 (Jung, 2020;Mcbride-Chang, et al., 2008) (Apel, 2011). Ehri (1992) (Apel, 2014;Mc-Cutchen, Stull, Herrera, Lotas, & Evans, 2013;Northey, McCutcheon, & Sanders, 2016 (Berninger, & Swanson, 1994 ...
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