Working Memory in Written Composition: An Evaluation of the 1996 Model

dc.creator	Ronald T. Kellogg, , , &
dc.creator	Alison P. Whiteford
dc.creator	Casey E. Turner
dc.creator	Michael Cahill
dc.creator	Andrew Mertens
dc.date	2013-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:24:13Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:24:13Z
dc.identifier	2030-1006
dc.identifier	2294-3307
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/b5336d05bee54491a2b0859ae007a2bb
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/21130
dc.description	A model of how working memory, as conceived by Baddeley (1986), supports the planning of ideas, translating ideas into written sentences, and reviewing the ideas and text already produced was proposed by Kellogg (1996). A progress report based on research from the past 17 years shows strong support for the core assumption that planning, translating, and reviewing are all dependent on the central executive. Similarly, the translation of ideas into a sentence does in fact require also verbal working memory, but the claim that editing makes no demands on the phonological loop is tenuous. As predicted by the model, planning also engages the visuo-spatial sketchpad. However, it turns out to do so only in planning with concrete concepts that elicit mental imagery. Abstract concepts do not require visuo-spatial resources, a point not anticipated by the original model. Moreover, it is unclear the extent to which planning involves spatial as opposed to visual working memory. Contrary to Baddeley’s original model, these are now known to be independent stores of working memory; the specific role of the spatial store in writing is uncertain based on the existing literature. The implications of this body of research for the instruction of writing are considered in the final section of the paper.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Antwerp
dc.relation	http://jowr.org/Ccount/click.php?id=70
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2030-1006
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2294-3307
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Journal of Writing Research , Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 159-190 (2013)
dc.subject	written communication
dc.subject	working memory
dc.subject	sentence generation
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
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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
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
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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
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dc.title	Working Memory in Written Composition: An Evaluation of the 1996 Model
dc.type	article