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Hawisher, Gail E.; Fortune, Ron – 1988
This paper considers the effect of computer use (word processing) on the compositions written by minority college freshmen in basic writing courses, focusing in particular on differences in composition quality and the kinds of thinking evidenced in the essay, as well as determining whether any differences were gender related. Subjects were 40…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Minority Groups
Peer reviewedLouie, Steven; And Others – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1986
Describes a study in which 46 high socioeconomic status elementary and secondary children were exposed to Logo and Bank Street Writer at a computer camp. After exposure, children 12 and under minimally shifted toward an internal locus of control as measured by the Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale for Children. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Item Analysis
