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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
Download full textSemmel, Melvyn, I.; And Others – 1989
This study investigated the collaborative interactions of junior high school boys (N=36) with learning disabilities while engaged in writing stories using a word processor. Half the subjects were of Anglo-American background and half of Mexican-American background. Each subject worked in two dyads, ethnically homogeneous and ethnically…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, Creative Writing, Ethnic Groups
Beach, Richard, Ed.; Bridwell, Lillian S., Ed. – 1984
This book contains 20 articles, from a wide variety of perspectives, designed to bridge the interests of researchers and teachers on the topic of current composition research. The following articles are included: "Studying the Writing Abilities of a University Freshman Class: Strategies from a Case Study" (Charles R. Cooper, with Roger…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
