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Dalton, Bridget; And Others – Journal of Special Education Technology, 1990
Two fourth grade boys with learning disabilities learned to use the Bank Street Writer III word processing and spelling checker program to edit spelling errors. Both boys learned to manage the spell-checking process and increased the spelling accuracy of their edited texts. Differences in their learning processes and the tool's limitations are…
Descriptors: Editing, Error Analysis (Language), Error Correction, Intermediate Grades
Liou, Hsien-Chin – 1991
A computerized grammar checker was developed to assist teachers of English as a Second Language in editing student compositions. The first stage of development consisted of an error analysis of 125 writing samples collected from students. The 1,659 errors found were classified into 14 main types and 93 subtypes. This analysis served as the basis…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Dictionaries, Discourse Analysis

O'Keefe, Robert D. – College Teaching, 1996
A coding system expediting grading of student reports in a marketing class is described. The system uses twelve codes corresponding to constructive criticisms of content and form, allowing the teacher to comment while reading and to read more efficiently. A brief summary can also be included. Most frequent codes are recorded in the gradebook to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Communication, College Instruction, Editing
Bates, Linda; And Others – 1993
The guide offers instructors a system for responding to their English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students' writing, and is designed to accompany an ESL student guide to editing. It include information on how to: respond as a collaborator and constructive critic; respond to content; respond to sentence-level errors; assign grades; help students…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Editing, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)

Murie, Robin – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1997
Techniques for helping college-level non-native English speaking students understand the process of editing include individual and small-group conferencing, peer editing, and follow-up on errors. Teachers should give students the pencil, have them read the draft aloud, look for patterns of both good and erroneous usage, and focus on the positive.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Editing, English (Second Language)
O'Riordan, Mary – 1999
A study in college-level English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction investigated (1) whether or not there is any relationship between the strategic use of explicit grammar knowledge, including metalinguistic concepts, in an attempt to recognize error, and the actual correction of error and success in academic ESL; (2) whether or not certain…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Editing, English for Academic Purposes