Evaluating text quality: The continuum from text-focused to reader-focused methods
KA Schriver - IEEE Transactions on professional …, 1989 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The author identifies some of the persistent questions raised by people in education, business,
and government who want to judge how well their texts are working. She compares the …
and government who want to judge how well their texts are working. She compares the …
Cognitive processes in revision
JR Hayes, L Flower, KA Schriver… - Advances in applied …, 1987 - books.google.com
The primary purpose of this chapter is to present a new model of the revision process in written
composition-a model based on the results of thinking-aloud protocol studies. We proceed …
composition-a model based on the results of thinking-aloud protocol studies. We proceed …
Plain language in the US gains momentum: 1940–2015
KA Schriver - Ieee transactions on professional communication, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Research problem: Interest in plain-language communication has been growing in many
sectors of business and government, but knowledge about its development is scattered and in …
sectors of business and government, but knowledge about its development is scattered and in …
Quality in document design: Issues and controversies
KA Schriver - Technical communication, 1993 - JSTOR
Document designers have been asking some difficult questions about quality—particularly
about how to recognize a quality document, describe its features, and measure its value. This …
about how to recognize a quality document, describe its features, and measure its value. This …
Planning in writing: The cognition of a constructive process
L Flower, KA Schriver, L Carey, C Haas… - A rhetoric of doing …, 1992 - books.google.com
Planning in writing is a strategic response to both the writing situation and the writer's own
knowledge. This paper describes a process adult writers bring to illdefined expository tasks, …
knowledge. This paper describes a process adult writers bring to illdefined expository tasks, …
Teaching writers to anticipate readers' needs: A classroom-evaluated pedagogy
KA Schriver - Written communication, 1992 - journals.sagepub.com
This study evaluated a method for teaching writers to anticipate readers' comprehension
needs. The method, called reader-protocol teaching, involves asking writers to predict readers' …
needs. The method, called reader-protocol teaching, involves asking writers to predict readers' …
[BOEK][B] Plain language for expert or lay audiences: Designing text using protocol-aided revision
KA Schriver - 1991 - researchgate.net
Critics of the" plain language movement" point out that what is" plain" to one audience may
mystify and confuse another. Questions such as" Plain language for whom?" and" How can …
mystify and confuse another. Questions such as" Plain language for whom?" and" How can …
Readability formulas in the new millennium: what's the use?
KA Schriver - ACM Journal of Computer Documentation (JCD), 2000 - dl.acm.org
While readability formulas were intended as a quick benchmark for indexing readabilty, they
are inherently unreliable: they depend on criterion (calibration) passages too short to reflect …
are inherently unreliable: they depend on criterion (calibration) passages too short to reflect …
Theory building in rhetoric and composition: The role of empirical scholarship
KA Schriver - 1989 - Taylor & Francis
What Are We Doing as a Research Community? 273 rhetors such as Gorgias. While uncovering
the evidence to create case histories of Gorgias' thinking can place one in a position to …
the evidence to create case histories of Gorgias' thinking can place one in a position to …
Teaching writers to anticipate readers' needs: What can document designers learn from usability testing?
KA Schriver - Studies of functional text quality, 1992 - brill.com
Although methods for evaluating the quality of documents have existed since the 1930s, the
document design community has attended most seriously to the theory and practice of …
document design community has attended most seriously to the theory and practice of …