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Coordinating sentence composition with error correction: A multilevel analysis

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dc.creator Van Waes, L.
dc.creator De Maeyer, S.
dc.creator Leijten, M.
dc.date 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:13:45Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:13:45Z
dc.identifier 2030-1006
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/d4698227688e4ff1b2ce3c37aed4e179
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/16280
dc.description Error analysis involves detecting and correcting discrepancies between the 'text produced so far' (TPSF) and the writer's mental representation of what the text should be. While many factors determine the choice of strategy, cognitive effort is a major contributor to this choice. This research shows how cognitive effort during error analysis affects strategy choice and success as measured by a series of online text production measures. We hypothesize that error correction with speech recognition software differs from error correction with keyboard for two reasons. Speech produces auditory commands and, consequently, different error types. The study reported on here measured the effects of (1) mode of presentation (auditory or visual-tactile), (2) error span, whether the error spans more or less than two characters, and (3) lexicality, whether the text error comprises an existing word. A multilevel analysis was conducted to take into account the hierarchical nature of these data. For each variable (interference reaction time, preparation time, production time, immediacy of error correction, and accuracy of error correction), multilevel regression models are presented. As such, we take into account possible disturbing person characteristics while testing the effect of the different conditions and error types at the sentence level.The results show that writers delay error correction more often when the TPSF is read out aloud first. The auditory property of speech seems to free resources for the primary task of writing, i.e. text production. Moreover, the results show that large errors in the TPSF require more cognitive effort, and are solved with a higher accuracy than small errors. The latter also holds for the correction of small errors that result in non-existing words.
dc.language English
dc.publisher University of Antwerp
dc.relation http://www.jowr.org/Ccount/click.php?id=31
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2030-1006
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source Journal of Writing Research , Vol 2, Iss 3, Pp 331-363 (2011)
dc.subject Cognitive effort
dc.subject dictation
dc.subject error analysis
dc.subject multilevel analysis
dc.subject speech recognition
dc.subject text produced so far (TPSF)
dc.subject text production
dc.subject technology of writing
dc.subject Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject P1-1091
dc.subject Language and Literature
dc.subject P
dc.subject DOAJ:Linguistics
dc.subject DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject Psychology
dc.subject BF1-990
dc.subject Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
dc.subject B
dc.subject DOAJ:Psychology
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject P1-1091
dc.subject Language and Literature
dc.subject P
dc.subject DOAJ:Linguistics
dc.subject DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject Psychology
dc.subject BF1-990
dc.subject Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
dc.subject B
dc.subject DOAJ:Psychology
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject P1-1091
dc.subject Language and Literature
dc.subject P
dc.subject Psychology
dc.subject BF1-990
dc.subject Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
dc.subject B
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject P1-1091
dc.subject Language and Literature
dc.subject P
dc.subject Psychology
dc.subject BF1-990
dc.subject Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
dc.subject B
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject P1-1091
dc.subject Language and Literature
dc.subject P
dc.subject Psychology
dc.subject BF1-990
dc.subject Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
dc.subject B
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title Coordinating sentence composition with error correction: A multilevel analysis
dc.type article


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