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[Robert Calfee]

Let's see if this works -- I haven't participated that much, but two topics, one on NRC and the other on HOF, attracted  my attention. Sorry for the confusions. 

And let me second Jim's comment on fluency in reading and writing -- the parallels seem worth applauding. If speed is an important factor in the writing process, it's probably knowing when to speed up and when to slow down -- and the time frame is not the start-finish writing of a passage, but the allocation of time to various aspects of the process, from planning to the completion of a text. The fluency (or fluidity) of the final product, which Jim emphasizes, is a totally different matter. Both merit attention, and I don't think there is much of a literature, conceptual or empirical, on either. Arthur A might know?  Bob Calfee

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