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Nash, James; Schwartz, Lawrence – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1987
Discussion of the use of microcomputers as word processors in basic writing classes highlights the improvements in students' writing skills. Changes in teachers' approaches to writing courses are discussed and results of a study of 24 students in a basic writing course using microcomputers at Montclair State College are presented. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Microcomputers, Pretests Posttests, Teaching Methods
Enhancing Self-Efficacy for Computer Technologies through the Use of Positive Classroom Experiences.
Peer reviewedErtmer, Peggy A.; And Others – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1994
Describes a study of undergraduates completing electronic mail and word processing tasks that investigated the effects of experience on attitudes toward computers and judgment of confidence, or self-efficacy. Use of the Computer Technologies Survey is discussed, and treatment of experimental and control groups is described. Survey instrument and…
Descriptors: Computer Anxiety, Computer Assisted Instruction, Correlation, Electronic Mail
Peer reviewedMcClurg, Patricia A.; Kasakow, Nancy – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1989
Describes study that examined the effects of combining word processors, spelling checkers, and spelling drill and practice programs to individualize spelling instruction for fifth- and sixth-grade students. Treatments for the experimental and control groups are explained, selection of software is discussed, and suggestions for software development…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Drills (Practice)
