Working memory constraints on writing quality and fluency.

By C. Levy, S. Ransdell. 2013

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Knowledge, Processing, and Working Memory: Implications for a Theory of Writing (2000, background): “Ransdell and Levy (1996) introduced the variable of individual differences (in reading skill) into their working memory task as they manipulated storage and processing demands.”
The Role of Self-Regulation and Transcription Skills in Writing and Writing Development (2000, background): “…demanding task, requiring extensive self-regulation and attentional control to manage the writing environment, the constraints imposed by the writing topic, and the processes involved in composing (Kellogg, 1987; Ransdell & Levy, 1996; Scardamalia & Bereiter, 1986; Zimmerman & Riesemberg, 1997).”
Why are some texts good and others not? Relationship between text quality and management of the writing processes (2011, methodology): “More specifically, the features of the texts we analyzed were largely inspired by the Six-Subgroup Quality Scale (Ransdell & Levy, 1996), which analyzes 13 dimensions of a text before calculating an overall score.”
Training writing skills: A cognitive developmental perspective (2008, background): “Individual differences in writing ability at a given age are also predicted by differences in working memory capacity (Ransdell & Levy, 1996).”