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Download full textEisenberg, Nora, Ed. – 1989
This report contains profiles of computer-based writing programs at 49 colleges which were originally submitted for empirical assessment by a 3-year project sponsored by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education and the City University of New York. The profiles, representing two-year and four-year, public and private, rural and…
Descriptors: College Programs, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Microcomputers
Elders, Cynthia – Writing Notebook, 1989
Describes a one-semester academic composition course in the English curriculum of Amarillo Independent Schools, Texas. Discusses the advantages of incorporating computer technology into the course. (MM)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, English Curriculum, Secondary Education, Word Processing
Peer reviewedRodrigues, Dawn; Rodrigues, Raymond – Computers and Composition, 1989
Presents teaching variations with a word-processing package and related tools that enable teachers to develop different computer-writing pedagogies for their distinct contexts: traditional classroom, computer lab, or some combination of both. Emphasizes that teachers who re-envision teaching with regard to available technology can create dynamic…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedRay, T. J.; Feldman, Phillip – Reading Improvement, 1989
Describes the development of a microcomputer writing lab designed for college freshmen English students. Argues that students in the lab write more and take more pride in their finished products. (RS)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Reading Writing Relationship
Peer reviewedWright, Anne – English Journal, 1988
Describes 10 changes in writing instruction (including changes in student attitudes toward revision and changes in the peer editing process) that are directly related to the introduction of the computer into the writing process. (MM)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Computer Uses in Education, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes
Hitchcock, Richard B. – 1984
Noting that the educational software market is expanding at a precipitous rate, but with considerable variation in quality, this paper outlines a thorough set of tangible and useful questions, based on two years of program design for English and writing lab usage. The major portion of the paper discusses criteria for evaluation in each of the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Courseware, English Instruction
Schwartz, Helen J. – ADE Bulletin, 1987
Provides guidelines and practical advice for planning and running a computer lab for writing. (NKA)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, English Departments, English Instruction
Franklin, Sharon, Ed. – 1988
Based on the conviction that word processing can be used to support the key elements in process writing, writing across the curriculum, cooperative learning, and literature-based instruction, this collection of 90 short articles offers a diversity of ideas to help build an enriched student-, language-, and world-centered curriculum. The book is…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
