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McIsaac, Claudia MonPere; Aschauer, Mary Ann – Management Communication Quarterly, 1990
Analyzes the proposal-writing environment, the characteristics of proposals, and the practices of seven engineers at a Silicon Valley engineering firm that does government defense work. Finds that engineers write proposals collaboratively and have a highly structured composing process. Describes how the firm's Proposal Writing Center dramatically…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Collaborative Writing, Communication Research, Cooperation
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Daiute, Colette – Research in the Teaching of English, 1990
Examines the role of play as a composing strategy for the development of children's writing abilities. Finds that boys use play more extensively than girls, and that boys balance their use of play and marked control (gisting and evaluating) while girls rely on a marked control strategy more than on play. (KEH)
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Nunn, Grace Gaeta – 1982
A study was conducted to investigate oral language used in fourth- and fifth-grade student dyads in a collaborative writing setting in order to understand better how children learn to write. The study was based on a theoretical framework that emphasized the interrelatedness of thought, language, and learning. Following a pilot study, students in…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Critical Thinking, Females, Grade 4