Joint Composition at the Computer: Learning to Talk about Writing.

Fisher, Eunice

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ERIC Number: EJ560764

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Joint Composition at the Computer: Learning to Talk about Writing.

Fisher, Eunice

Computers and Composition, v11 n3 p251-62 1994

Notes that joint composition at the computer is common in United Kingdom primary schools. Finds that even children as young as seven years can jointly plan a story at the computer. Uses examples of pupils' discourse while composing to illustrate the processes by which they produced written text. (RS)

Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Collaborative Writing, Computer Uses in Education, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Word Processing, Writing Research, Writing Strategies

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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