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Strickland, James – 1989
The use of computers in the writing classroom changes the actual activities used in class, adapting some present activities and creating new paradigm activities, and also changes the arrangement of the classroom, forcing a radical rethinking of spatial design. The computer classroom is not a passive room, one where information goes out from the…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Strickland, James – Computers and Composition, 1989
Reports a protocol study of a freshman composition student to examine how significant a problem it actually is to learn to operate a computer, how influential students' expectations about computers are, whether the use of a computer promoted the importance of invention strategies, and whether computers encourage revision. (MS)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Uses in Education, Freshman Composition, Higher Education
Strickland, James – 1987
Although there are many retrospective accounts from teachers and professional writers concerning the effect of computers on their writing, there are few real-time accounts of students struggling to simultaneously develop as writers and cope with computers. To fill this void in "testimonial data," a study examining talking-aloud protocols from a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy