Style and Usage Software: Mentor not Judge.

Smye, Randy

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ERIC Number: EJ396427

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Publication Date: 1988

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Style and Usage Software: Mentor not Judge.

Smye, Randy

Computers and Composition, v6 n1 p47-61 Nov 1988

Shows how style and usage checkers can be used in writing exercises that encourage a recursive pattern of student revision. Looks at several instructional design ideas that can create "process-centered" revision software that appears heuristic, contextual, and interactive. (RS)

Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Software Reviews, Higher Education, Process Approach (Writing), Revision (Written Composition), Teaching Methods, Word Processing, Writing Exercises, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Book/Product Reviews

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