Presence and Thought, Introspective Accounts of Reading and Writing

THE NATURE OF INTROSPECTIVE ACCOUNTS IN A CLASSROOM SETTING Introspection or Retrospection The Validity of Such Accounts The Completeness of the Accounts Depth of Accounts Effect of Introspecting on Processes Being Examined Reports of What They Did Reactions to Own and Others' Texts Continuation of Projects Intrusions from the Outside World Communications and Negotiations with Instructors Self-Analyses and Self-Characterizations Attempts to Describe the Mind at Work The Value of Introspective Accounts THE ROLE OF THE SPECIFIC CLASSROOM CONTEXT Characterizing Contexts Nature of the Tasks Effect of Audience and Feedback The Effect of Research Simultaneous with Instruction The Absence of Collaboration The Social Dynamics of the Class The Effect of Context READING IN RELATION TO WRITING Building Knowledge Reading Strategies Connections to Other Knowledge Associations with Other On-Going Activities WRITING IN RELATION TO READING Integrating Reading Materials into Writing Purposes for Writing Planning Incubation Drafting Making Meaning Risk-Taking Self-Imposed Constraints Audience Revising Editing TEXTUAL ORIGINS: BUILDING KNOWLEDGE EFFECTIVELY AND AFFECTIVELY Concentration on Substantive Issues Formal Structures The Influence of Prior Knowledge Creative Responses IMPLICATIONS FOR INSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH Implications for Instruction Implications for Research References Author Index Subject IndexSternglass, Marilyn is the author of 'Presence and Thought, Introspective Accounts of Reading and Writing' with ISBN 9780893915681 and ISBN 0893915688.