Text revision: Detection and correction of errors.

Combined eyetracking and keystroke-logging methods for studying cognitive processes in text production

“…Thus, it appears reasonable to assume that writers may look back not only to evaluate what they have written (assessing whether or not it coheres and is likely to achieve rhetorical goals), but also to help with generation of the next part of the text: to remind themselves of what has already been covered, to refresh memory about the syntactic frame that is currently being used, or to find prompts that allow search and retrieval of more ideas (e.g., Holmqvist, Holsanova, Johansson, & Strömqvist, 2004). We have some understanding of the processes that underlie proofreading familiar text (Bisaillon, 2007;Hacker, Plumb, Butterfield, Quathamer, & Heineken, 1994;B. A.…”

Professional Writers and Empathy: Exploring the Barriers to Anticipating Reader Problems

“…The task perception of expert reviewers may or may not include the actual use of the information. Research has shown that reviewers will detect more problems with the content of a document when they are actually using it [46]. For instance, the problems of a website's menu structure will only start to show when experts try to use it to find specific information.…”

Beyond “Trimming the Fat”

“…Introduction Within writing studies extensive research has been done on editing and revision (see e.g. Hayes et al, 1987;Hacker et al, 1994; Allal et al 2004; Bisaillon, 2007) and often it is defined as a subprocess of writing (Alamargot & Chanquoy, 2001;Fitzgerald, 1987; Rijlaarsdam et al, 2004; Laflamme, 2007).…”

“…Introduction Within writing studies extensive research has been done on editing and revision (see e.g. Hayes et al, 1987;Hacker et al, 1994; Allal et al 2004; Bisaillon, 2007) and often it is defined as a subprocess of writing (Alamargot & Chanquoy, 2001;Fitzgerald, 1987; Rijlaarsdam et al, 2004; Laflamme, 2007).However, thus far, very few studies have addressed professional editing, "an activity that consists in comprehending and evaluating a text written by a given author and in making modifications to this text in accordance with the assignment or mandate given by a client " (Bisaillon, 2005: 4, translation).Professional sub-editing involves many aspects of revision and editing (see Rohman's PreWrite/Write/Re- Write model, 1965;Britton et al, 1975). During the construction of a news article, for instance, there are in fact multiple stages of revision (Allal et al, 2004), and multiple players are involved.…”