Duplicating readers' experiences helps young writers revise descriptive writing to meet readers' informational needs¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2004 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? When young writers engage in a task that duplicates their readers' experiences, they can more accurately revise their descriptive writing to meet their readers' informational needs. → Holliway 2004

Evidence¶

Holliway 2004¶

Holliway, D.R., McCutchen, D. (2004). Audience Perspective in Young Writers' Composing and Revising. In: Allal, L., Chanquoy, L., Largy, P. (eds) Revision Cognitive and Instructional Processes. Studies in Writing, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1048-1_6

q3 · i? · causal · r?

The authors' stated interpretation of the study's results, presented in the abstract as a suggestion drawn from the findings: tasks duplicating readers' experiences supported more accurate revision for readers' informational needs.

"Results suggested that when young writers engage in a task that duplicates their readers' experiences, they could more accurately revise their descriptive writing to meet their readers' informational needs."

Discussion¶

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