Producing Written Summaries: Task Demands, Cognitive Operations, and Implications for Instruction.

Hidi, Suzanne; Anderson, Valerie

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Publication Date: 1986

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Producing Written Summaries: Task Demands, Cognitive Operations, and Implications for Instruction.

Hidi, Suzanne; Anderson, Valerie

Review of Educational Research, v56 n4 p473-93 Win 1986

Theoretical views regarding the cognitive processes of summarization are reviewed and some of the specific cognitive operations involved in summarization are considered. It is argued that the cognitive demands of summarization are dependent upon the qualities of the text to be summarized. (Author/LMO)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Language Processing, Skill Analysis, Theories, Writing Instruction, Writing Processes, Writing Skills

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Language: English

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