Observing writing processes of struggling adult writers with collaborative writing
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https://doi.org/10.17239/jowr-2016.08.02.05Keywords:
collaborative writing, struggling adult writers, writing knowledge, writing processAbstract
This study investigated how struggling adult writers solve a writing task and what they know about writing and themselves as writers. The writing process of the adult writers was examined by combining three elements: the observation of collaborative writing tasks, analyses of their written texts, and structured individual interviews that included both retrospective and prospective parts. This methodical approach provides productive tools to assess writing processes and writing knowledge of struggling adult writers. The triangulation of data from the different sources is visualized in a case study. Findings from the case study suggest both similarities and differences between struggling adult and younger writers. Concerning the writing process of both groups, planning and revision play a limited role. However, alongside these similar limitations in their writing process, struggling adult writers distinguish themselves from their young counterparts through their relatively extensive knowledge about themselves as writers.Published
2016-10-15
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Observing writing processes of struggling adult writers with collaborative writing. (2016). Journal of Writing Research, 8(2), 301-344. https://doi.org/10.17239/jowr-2016.08.02.05