TOTE
T; Test
O; Operate
T; Post-test
E; Exists
What is the study?
Unskilled Writers
- Follow rules as algorithms
-A study on ten UCLA undergraduates discussing writer's block
-Skilled and unskilled writers used
Skilled Writers
Key Terms:
- Use rules as guidelines
Rigid Rules, Inflexible Plans, and the Stifling of Language: A Cognitivist Analysis of Writer's Block
-Rule: an inferred capability that enables the individual to respond to a class of stimulus situations with a class of performances
-Algorithm: precise rules that will always result in a specific answer
-Heuristic: Guidelines that allow varying degrees of flexibility when approaching problems
Group 2