The review examines ways in which working memory contributes to individual and
particularly to developmental differences in writing skill. It begins with a brief definition of …

To assess progress in understanding text revision, we review research reported since 1980,
when process analyses of writing were beginning (Fitzgerald, 1987). A modernized version …

We explored relations between reading comprehension performance and self-reported
components of metacognition in middle-school children. Students' self-reported …

This study examines whether or not English-as-a-second-language (ESL) students edit for
sentence-level errors during revision and whether or not additional editing instruction helps …

The development of advanced writing skills has been neglected in schools of the United
States, with even some college graduates lacking the level of ability required in the …

This research project undertook a review and synthesis of previous research on the
effectiveness of feedback for individual writing development. The work plan was divided into …

Cognitive psychologists and educational psychologists have not always agreed on the kinds
of cognitive processes that should be included under the rubric of comprehension …

The present study examined the predictors of fourth graders' reading skills (reading
comprehension, text reading and word chain reading). Reading skill antecedents of 158 …

Background It is well established that the activity of producing a text is a complex one
involving three main cognitive processes: Planning, translating, and revising. Although these …

This research proposed and examined a two-factor structure of self-efficacy beliefs about
text revision in English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) contexts. The Second Language Text …