Writer profile as a modulating variable of processes involved in written composition in undergraduate students

Arias-Gundín, Olga; Fidalgo, Raquel

doi:10.3390/ejihpe7010005

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Writer profile as a modulating variable of processes involved in written composition in undergraduate students

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Olga Arias-Gundín

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Raquel Fidalgo

Facultad de Educación. Universidad de Jaén. Campus de Vegazana, s/n. C.P.: 24071. León (España)

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Eur. J. Investig. Health Psychol. Educ. 2017, 7(1), 59-68; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe7010005

Submission received: 30 September 2016 / Revised: 1 February 2017 / Accepted: 7 March 2017 / Published: 7 March 2017

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Abstract

The two most well-defined writer profiles that have been found in writing research are planning and revising. In this study we analyse writing strategies and writing profiles of undergraduate students, and their influence in solving hybrid tasks; in this study took part 142 undergraduate students enrolled in three different university studies. To identify writer profile, students completed a Spanish version of Questionnaire Concerning their Planning and Revising Tendencies. We used two different hybrid tasks: summary and synthesis; we assessed in both tasks reading and writing process, level of underlined or take notes strategies, kind of draft and ideas generation. The results show that over 60% of students have a mixed writer profile with similar scores in both strategies, planning and revising, but they reported a higher level use in revising strategy. Likewise result show that the processes and strategies used by students are more complex depending on the difficulty of the task; while writing strategy that has greater influence is planning.

Keywords: Writing profile; planning strategy; revising strategy; undergraduate students; hybrid task

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Arias-Gundín, O.; Fidalgo, R. Writer profile as a modulating variable of processes involved in written composition in undergraduate students. Eur. J. Investig. Health Psychol. Educ. 2017, 7, 59-68. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe7010005

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Arias-Gundín O, Fidalgo R. Writer profile as a modulating variable of processes involved in written composition in undergraduate students. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education. 2017; 7(1):59-68. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe7010005

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Arias-Gundín, Olga, and Raquel Fidalgo. 2017. "Writer profile as a modulating variable of processes involved in written composition in undergraduate students" European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 7, no. 1: 59-68. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe7010005

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Arias-Gundín, O., & Fidalgo, R. (2017). Writer profile as a modulating variable of processes involved in written composition in undergraduate students. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 7(1), 59-68. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe7010005

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