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Matera, Carola; Gerber, Michael M. – NHSA Dialog, 2008
This article reports the results of a preliminary study that applied a randomized posttest-only design to evaluate the effectiveness of a literacy curriculum that incorporated explicit opportunities for Spanish-speaking Head Start preschool children (N = 76) to develop writing abilities in English. The study also addressed English language…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Speech Communication, Writing (Composition), Creative Activities
Vockell, Edward L.; Schwartz, Eileen – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1988
Describes study that examined the effect of the use of microcomputers as word processors in a college freshman English composition course. Treatments for the experimental and control groups are described, dependent and independent variables are explained, and results based on pretest and posttest writing samples are analyzed. (21 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Freshman Composition, Higher Education