Adolescent students' reading during writing behaviors and relationships with text quality: An eyetracking study

Reading and Writing

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 743-775

  Beers, Scott F ^a   Quinlan, Thomas ^b   Harbaugh, Allen G ^c  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

^c Seattle Central Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent writing; Eyetracking; Reading during writing; Text quality; Writing processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954533304     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-009-9193-7     Document Type: Article

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