Graphical representations and transfer of ideas between multi-draft pre-writing stages

• Main Authors: Lee, Chien-Ching., Tan, Seng-Chee.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80051; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18191; http://ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney10/procs/Leechienching-full.pdf
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this study, 36 engineering students who were taking a course on effective communication used graphic organizers to prepare their draft for a writing task. This was followed by a review by peers and the teacher. As students often have difficulties constructing knowledge across representations, thi...