?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+triple+task+technique+for+studying+writing+processes+%3A+on+which+task+is+attention+focused+%3F&rft.creator=Piolat%2C+A&rft.creator=Kellogg%2C+R+T&rft.creator=Farioli%2C+F&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=The+triple+task+technique+measures+the+time+and+cognitive+effort+devoted+to+specific+writing+processes+by+combining+directed+retrospection+with+secondary+task+reaction+time+(RT).+Writing+a+text+is+the+primary+task+and+rapidly+detecting+auditory+probes+to+index+cognitive+effort+is+the+secondary+task.+The+third+task+is+retrospecting+and+categorizing+the+contents+of+working+memory+at+the+time+of+each+probe.+The+present+paper+reviews+studies+on+the+reactivity+and+validity+of+the+technique.+Further%2C+one+recent+criticism+of+the+method's+validity+is+tested+here%3A+namely%2C+that+the+primary+task+for+the+experimenter+is+not+the+primary+task+for+the+writer%2C+thus+distorting+the+time+and+effort+measurements.+We+found+that+time+and+effort+allocated+to+planning%2C+translating%2C+executing%2C+evaluating%2C+and+revising+was+the+same+when+the+writer+was+encouraged+by+instructions+to+focus+either+on+the+speed+of+responding+or+the+accuracy+of+retrospection+instead+of+the+text+itself.+Because+writing+requires+sustained+thought+and+attention+to+produce+a+cumulative+product%2C+it+is+apparently+difficult+to+make+text+production+anything+but+the+primary+task.+The+triple+task+technique+offers+a+useful+alternative+to+pause+analysis+and+verbal+protocols+for+investigating+the+functional+features+of+writing.&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3610%2F1%2FPiolatEtAlCPL2001.pdf&rft.identifier=++Piolat%2C+A+and+Kellogg%2C+R+T+and+Farioli%2C+F++(2001)+The+triple+task+technique+for+studying+writing+processes+%3A+on+which+task+is+attention+focused+%3F++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3610%2F