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Peer reviewedButler, Marilyn S. – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1986
Responds to teachers who are still unconvinced of the value of word processors or computers in professional writing courses. Describes word processing units offered in a technical writing course and reports results from a questionnaire on the units given to students in the course. Contains a copy of the questionnaires. (EL)
Descriptors: College English, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Integrated Activities
Luesebrink, Marjorie; And Others – 1985
This first-year progress report considers the objectives and achievements of CompuEnglish, a project developed at Saddleback College's North Campus (California) to introduce word processing skills into traditional composition classes. Section I offers a summary report on progress as of 1985, reviewing the four phases of project implementation and…
Descriptors: College English, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Peer reviewedPufahl, John P. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1986
Shows how basic writing students' knowledge of how to use the computer to produce new, revised drafts of their essays in approximately an hour led to their productive use of word processing. (EL)
Descriptors: College English, Computer Assisted Instruction, English Instruction, Learning Processes
Tannheimer, Charlotte – 1984
This sabbatical report surveys some computer software presently being developed, already in use, and/or available, and describes computer use in several Massachusetts colleges. A general introduction to computers, word processors, artificial intelligence, and computer assisted instruction is provided, as well as a discussion of what computers can…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, College English, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
Brown, Jane L. – 1985
Designing a curriculum to introduce freshman composition students to computer assisted composition involves the cooperation of the composition instructor and the writing center director. One college has developed such a curriculum using the "Milliken Word Processor" (Milliken Publishing Company), a simple program with a variety of…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College English, College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction
Luesebrink, Marjorie; And Others – 1985
A summary is provided of the activities and outcomes of Irvine Valley College's (IVC's) CompuEnglish Project, a program designed to introduce word processing skills in Freshman Composition classes and assess improvements in student writing. First, introductory material describes efforts in computer-based composition undertaken at other schools,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College English, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
Bilson, Barbara, Ed.; Woodruff, Bert, Ed. – Inside English, 1985
Designed primarily for English faculty at two-year colleges in California, "Inside English" includes articles on instructional innovations in teaching remedial writing, literature courses, and freshman composition, and on major curricular, administrative, and employment issues in the field. The four issues of volume 12 include the following…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College English, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
