Hi Joan,
To be honest we're not quite sure yet what we want to look at in 
detail. We do know that we are more interested in cognitive skills 
than social at the moment as that is what our background is in. In 
particular the role of working memory, short term memory, reading, 
spelling and handwriting skills in writing interests us. We would like 
to know what differences exist in undergraduate writing based on 
the skills listed above (if any) and then consider why in relation to 
current models of writing.
On a more general note, what are the predictors of good student 
writing?
We are also interested in how student dyslexics cope with writing 
given deficits in some of the skills listed above and how they 
attempt to overcome their problems. Do you know of any work in 
this area? 
We are not sure which protocols to use yet and we are trying to 
sample a wide range. We've come across some of the Kress work. 
Do you have specific references we could locate (and the 
Shaugnessy work)?
We are begining to realise what a lot of work is out there.....
Thanks for your comments.
Vince











You are interested in "individual differences in writing skills" based on
what? Are you looking at social and cognitive or just cognitive influences
(because of your psyc background)? Are you establishing what differences
exist or why they exist? Are you using Flower and Hayes protocols (which
are much debated here). Arre you familiar with Shaughnessy's __Errors and
Expectations__? You may want to look at Gunther Kress' recent work in
children's writing development if you haven't already...

There's so much to look at and so much yet to find out! I'm interested in
knowing what specific questions you are pursuing.

Joan

At 03:25 PM 7/2/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>I am Vince Connelly, Research Fellow in Psychology at South 
>Bank University in London. My research is involved with the 
>cognitive development of reading and writing.
>At present I am developing research, in conjunction with Julie 
>Dockrell and others here, on individual differences in writing skill in 
>the undergraduate population. We are using the theoretical models 
>and work of researchers such as Hayes and Flowers, Virginia 
>Berninger, Deborah McCutcheon etc. to develop our work. We are 
>also interested in the writing skills of dyslexic individuals and what 
>profiles and problems dyslexic writers have. Using the research of 
>Susan De La Paz and Steve Graham we are hoping to run some 
>intervention based research on these matters in the near future. 
>Any comments or suggestions on the work of any of the authors 
>mentioned above would be most welcome.
>
>We also carry out research on children's reading, writing and 
>language development.
>
>Looking forward to some interesting discussions.
>Thanks
>Vince
>
>
>
>
>Dr. Vince Connelly
>Research Fellow
>Psychology
>Erlang House
>South Bank University
>London SE1 0AA
>UK
>Tel: UK 0171 815 8488
> 


Dr. Vince Connelly
Research Fellow
Psychology
Erlang House
South Bank University
London SE1 0AA
UK
Tel: UK 0171 815 8488


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