?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Students'+drafting+strategies+and+text+quality&rft.creator=Piolat%2C+A&rft.creator=Roussey%2C+JY&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.description=The+study+reports+an+analysis+of+the+drafts+produced+by+two+groups+of+students+during+an+exam.+Drafts+were+categorized+as+a+function+of+some+of+their+graphic+features+(e.g.+their+length)%2C+and+of+their+different+planning+strategies+used+for+their+production+(e.g.+note+draft%2C+organized+draft%2C+composed+draft).+Grades+obtained+by+the+students+on+their+essays+related+to+the+different+categories+of+drafts.+Results+show+that+2%2F3+of+both+groups+of+students+made+some+kinds+of+draft.+Drafts+mostly+consisted+of+note+drafts+or+long+composed+drafts.+Very+few+consisted+of+organized+drafts.+However%2C+students+that+wrote+these+latter+drafts+obtained+the+best+ratings.+Drafting+strategy+was+homogeneous+for+half+of+the+students+who+used+one+category.+The+other+half+successively+used+two+drafting+modes.+In+that+case+they+mostly+associated+writing+with+jotting+down+notes+or+with+some+marks+of+organization.+Here%2C+again%2C+students+who+organized%2C+even+partially%2C+their+drafts+obtained+the+highest+grades.%0AVery+few+corrections+were+brought+to+the+long+drafts+and+they+concerned+the+surface+(spelling+or+lexicon)%2C+not+the+content+or+the+plan.+This+research+shows+that+only+a+limited+number+of+students+used+an+efficient+drafting+(organized+draft)+even+though+such+a+strategy+is+generally+associated+with+the+highest+ratings.+%0A&rft.date=1996&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3618%2F1%2FPiolatRousseyLInst1996.pdf&rft.identifier=++Piolat%2C+A+and+Roussey%2C+JY++(1996)+Students'+drafting+strategies+and+text+quality.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3618%2F