Write between the lines: Electronic outlining and the organization of text ideas

Smet, Milou J. R. de; Brand‐Gruwel, Saskia; Broekkamp, H.; Kirschner, Paul A.

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2012.06.015

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“…Results from previous studies (De Smet, Brand-Gruwel, Broekkamp, & Kirschner, 2012;De Smet, Broekkamp, Brand-Gruwel, & Kirschner, 2011) suggest positive effects of electronic outlining on the quality of students' argumentative texts. The tool helped students better present their texts' structure and decreased perceived mental effort.…”

Section: Electronic Outliningmentioning

confidence: 77%

“…Previous research (De Smet et al, 2012) concluded that beneficial effects on perceived mental effort resulted from repeated use of electronic outlining. However, the present study suggests that it is not only the effect of repeated electronic outlining, but the effect of repeatedly using the same writing strategy in general which reduces mental effort across writing tasks.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…This may partly be accounted for by a lack of practice in electronic outlining. Previous research (De Smet et al, 2012) showed that beneficial effects of electronic outlining on text quality were most prominent for repeated tool-use. During the second writing task, students in the single outline condition used the tool for the first time which might explain why electronic outlining did here not improve their scores on Total Text Structure.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Furthermore, it is hypothesised (H3) that electronic outlining causes a less fragmented organisation of the writing process in which initial planning through electronic outlining reduces the need to plan or revise later in the writing process. Finally, based on previous studies (De Smet et al, 2012) it is expected (H4) that repeated electronic outlining enhances effective use of this strategy and thus leads to further improvement of text quality. Tool-practice might reduce the demands of tool appropriation to free up working memory space for the writing process.…”

Section: Research Questions and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 94%

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Electronic outlining as a writing strategy: Effects on students' writing products, mental effort and writing process

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Computers & Education

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a b s t r a c tThis study addresses to what extent and how electronic outlining enhances students' writing performance. To this end, the focus of this study is not only on students' final writing products but also on the organisation of the writing process (i.e., planning, translating, and reviewing) and perceived mental effort during writing. In addition, effects of repeated electronic outlining were examined. A combined within and between subjects design was implemented in which 93 10th-grade students wrote two argumentative texts with or without using electronic outlining. Analyses showed that using electronic outlining for planning and writing significantly improved the presentation of the argumentative structure. However, effects were less clear for correctly and completely establishing a text structure and no effects were found on the elaboration of students' argumentation. Process data showed that electronic outlining increased total process time, but no effect was found on students' overall planning and revision activities. Finally, self-reports showed no effect of electronic outlining on students' perceived mental effort. Nevertheless, repeated use of the same writing strategy enhanced writing fluency.

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Section: Electronic Outliningmentioning

confidence: 77%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Research Questions and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 94%

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“…It bears mention that outlining can be used for writing rather than for improving comprehension of text or lecture material. Learner-generated outlining without prior training facilitates essay writing by improving the structure of the written product and it appears to reduce mental effort (De Smet, Brand-Gruwel, Leijten, & Kirschner, 2014;De Smet, Broekkamp, Brand-Gruwel, & Kirschner, 2011;Kellogg, 1990; but see De Smet, Brand-Gruwel, Broekkamp, & Kirschner, 2012). 3.…”

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Five Popular Study Strategies: Their Pitfalls and Optimal Implementations

Miyatsu

Nguyen

McDaniel

2018

Perspect Psychol Sci

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Researchers' and educators' enthusiasm in applying cognitive principles to enhance educational practices has become more evident. Several published reviews have suggested that some potent strategies can help students learn more efficaciously. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, students do not report frequent reliance on these empirically supported techniques. In the present review, we take a novel approach, identifying study strategies for which students have strong preferences and assessing whether these preferred strategies have any merit given existing empirical evidence from the cognitive and educational literatures. Furthermore, we provide concrete recommendations for students, instructors, and psychologists. For students, we identify common pitfalls and tips for optimal implementation for each study strategy. For instructors, we provide recommendations for how they can assist students to more optimally implement these study strategies. For psychologists, we highlight promising avenues of research to help augment these study strategies.

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Effects of planning strategies on writing dynamics and final texts

Limpo

Alves

2018

Acta Psychologica

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Write between the lines: Electronic outlining and the organization of text ideas

Cited by 13 publications

References 35 publications

Electronic outlining as a writing strategy: Effects on students' writing products, mental effort and writing process

Electronic outlining as a writing strategy: Effects on students' writing products, mental effort and writing process

Five Popular Study Strategies: Their Pitfalls and Optimal Implementations

Effects of planning strategies on writing dynamics and final texts

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