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Lehr, Fran – 1995
Students often see revision not as an opportunity to develop and improve a piece of writing but as an indication that they have failed to do it right the first time. To them, revision means correction. To correct this assumption, teachers' comments on papers should focus on more than mechanics. Teachers would do well to comment on the paper's…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Hoot, James L.; Kimler, Michele – 1987
Word processing and the LOGO programing language are two microcomputer applications that are beginning to show benefits as learning tools in elementary school classrooms. Word processing packages are especially useful with beginning writers, whose lack of motor coordination often slows down their acquisition of competence in written communication.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education
Simic, Marjorie – 1994
Two factors contributing to the change in writing instruction have been (1) the research investigating the way writing is taught and (2) the computer. Proponents of the various writing models endorse writing as an ongoing, multi-stage process, with equal emphasis given to each of the stages. Educational computing has undergone a change of focus…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education
Imel, Susan – 1998
When considering the role of technology in adult learning, adult educators must determine how to respond to technology and exploit it without diminishing the learning experience. Four approaches to integrating technology into adult learning are currently being used: technology as curriculum (adults not only learn content through technology but…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Computer Uses in Education
Davis, Bernadette Caruso; Shade, Daniel D. – 1994
When computers are relegated to a single room in a school where children use them only occasionally, their potential impact on children's learning is minimized. When computers are integrated into the curriculum and are applied to real problems, however, children gain the ability to use computers as natural tools for learning. For example, when a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
McKinney, Kristin – 1996
Despite the costs of implementing technology at community colleges, the benefits gained include increased instructor creativity, increased student interest and learning, and greater flexibility of instructional delivery. Instructional technology may be implemented in two ways: first, the use of technology as a simple add-on to enhance current…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change
Kleifgen, Jo Anne – 1989
The computer revolution was expected to help American schools to teach traditionally unsuccessful students more effectively and to reduce educational inequalities. Research suggests, however, that computer technology has in many ways actually widened the gap in educational opportunity. Nevertheless, this report finds that computers and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware