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Table 11 Mean of writing strategies in summarization

From: The role of reading and writing in summarization as an integrated task

No. Strategy description

Mean

48 Identify topic sentence of paragraph

4.017

49 Recall idea

3.875

50 Reprocess information to clarify meaning

3.549

51 Assess importance of idea for use in writing

3.703

52 Work out main idea of paragraph

3.600

53 Set organizational frame to meet own rhetorical needs

2.834

54 Reorganize source pattern

3.097

55 Compare own writing to source

3.109

56 Edit for content

3.000

57 Edit for language, including grammar, expression, vocabulary and punctuation

2.887

58 Work out text thesis

3.757

59 Identify problem in writing

3.040

60 Integrate detail of what is read

3.207

61 Lift sentence from source

3.120

62 Manipulate information identified as important, such as delete unnecessary information or condense ideas

3.835

63 Paraphrase selected portion

3.629

64 Plan the process

2.966

65 Plan content and language

3.069

66 Recall word memory

3.177

67 Recall grammatical rule

2.828

68 Recall phrase or expression

3.086

69 Reread portion for use in writing

3.709

70 Reread title

2.977

71 Scan text for information to use in writing

3.618

72 Scan for specific word to use in writing

3.412

73 Skim for gist

3.469

74 Revise plan

2.760

75 Use phonological cues

2.572

76 Read own writing

3.452

General mean

3.288

S.D.

0.390