A Natural Way to Write

Abstract:     
Traditional writing instruction tacitly assumes that writing is a normal human activity requiring no fundamental cognitive work. We begin by acknowledging the fact that writing is utterly alien to the human evolutionary endowment. There is, however, a species-wide, ancient behavior underlying writing. Cognitive scientists call it "joint attention," and we think it is the most sensible and practical place to begin learning to write.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 4

Keywords: Writing, Joint Attention, Cognitive Science

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