Effects of electronic outlining on students' argumentative writing performance.

This study examined the effect of electronic outlining on the quality of students' writing products and how outlining affects perceived mental effort during the writing task. Additionally, it was studied how students appropriate and appreciate an outline tool and whether they need explicit instructi...

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Publicado en:Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 27; no. 6; pp. 557 - 575
Autores principales: de Smet, M.J.R., Broekkamp, H., Brand-Gruwel, S., Kirschner, P.A.
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Dec2011
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          de Smet, M.J.R.
          Broekkamp, H.
          Brand-Gruwel, S.
          Kirschner, P.A.
        affil: Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, The Netherlands
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          Educational Technology Utilization
          Writing Methods
          Academic Performance
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      ab: This study examined the effect of electronic outlining on the quality of students' writing products and how outlining affects perceived mental effort during the writing task. Additionally, it was studied how students appropriate and appreciate an outline tool and whether they need explicit instruction in order to engage in planning. To answer these questions, the writing products and self-report data from 34 tenth-grade students of a Dutch pre-university school were analysed. Students wrote two similar argumentative texts with or without an outline tool. Results show that electronic outlining improves the quality of students' argumentative texts and decreases mental effort. Answers to a retrospective questionnaire showed that a short instruction on the outline tool was sufficient for students to understand its working and that most students experienced the tool as beneficial. Finally, results indicate that without specific instruction on text planning, students hardly devote any time to this important aspect of writing.
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