Table of Contents

THE NATURE OF INTROSPECTIVE ACCOUNTS IN A CLASSROOM SETTING
Introspection or Retrospection
The Validity of Such Accounts
The Completeness of the Accounts
Depth of Accounts
Effect of Introspecting on Processes Being Examined
Reports of What They Did
Reactions to Own and Others' Texts
Continuation of Projects
Intrusions from the Outside World
Communications and Negotiations with Instructors
Self-Analyses and Self-Characterizations
Attempts to Describe the Mind at Work
The Value of Introspective Accounts
THE ROLE OF THE SPECIFIC CLASSROOM CONTEXT
Characterizing Contexts
Nature of the Tasks
Effect of Audience and Feedback
The Effect of Research Simultaneous with Instruction
The Absence of Collaboration
The Social Dynamics of the Class
The Effect of Context
READING IN RELATION TO WRITING
Building Knowledge
Reading Strategies
Connections to Other Knowledge
Associations with Other On-Going Activities
WRITING IN RELATION TO READING
Integrating Reading Materials into Writing
Purposes for Writing
Planning
Incubation
Drafting
Making Meaning
Risk-Taking
Self-Imposed Constraints
Audience
Revising
Editing
TEXTUAL ORIGINS: BUILDING KNOWLEDGE EFFECTIVELY AND AFFECTIVELY
Concentration on Substantive Issues
Formal Structures
The Influence of Prior Knowledge
Creative Responses
IMPLICATIONS FOR INSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH
Implications for Instruction
Implications for Research
References
Author Index
Subject Index