Computer keystroke logging and writing : methods and applications /

Computer keystroke logging and writing : methods and applications /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2006.
Description:	vi, 242 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in writing
Subject:	Written communication -- Data processing. Electronic data processing -- Keyboarding -- Research. Written communication -- Research. Written communication -- Methodology. Written communication -- Data processing. Written communication -- Research.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7487947

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Other authors / contributors:	Sullivan, Kirk P. H. Lindgren, Eva.
ISBN:	0080449344 9780080449340
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. ]213]-228) and indexes.
Summary:	"Computer keystroke logging is an exciting development in writing research methodology that allows a document's evolution to be logged and then replayed as if the document were being written for the first time. Computer keystroke logged data allows analysis of the revisions and pauses made by authors during the writing of texts. Computer Keystroke Logging and Writing: Methods and Applications is the first book to collect the work of leading computer keystroke logging researchers into a single volume and provide an invaluable introduction and overview of this dynamic area of research. As well as providing an introduction to the technique of keystroke logging, this volume offers the reader unfamiliar with writing research an overview of the field. In the core of the methods section, leading researchers demonstrate how keystroke logging can be used to analyze the writing process phenomena of the pause, the writing unit and the revision unit. These phenomena are illustrated with data from current keystroke logging research projects. The final section of the book explores a range of application possibilities for computer keystroke logging. These include studying how translators approach their work, examining theoretical proposals and models, and supporting learning."--P. [4] of cover.

Table of Contents:

1. Keystroke Logging-An Introduction Kristyan
2. What Keystroke Logging can Reveal about Writing
3. Examining Pauses in Writing
4. Pausing, Productivity and the Processing of Topic in On-Line Writing
5. Analysing On-Line Revision
6. Segmentation of the Writing Process in Translation: Experts vs. Novices
7. Exploring Theory and Supporting Learning using Keystroke Logging