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Peer reviewedArms, Valarie Meliotes – Computers and Composition, 1988
Discusses creativity and the teacher's importance in providing a context that encourages creative thought. Contrasts the author's success in teaching technical writing to college juniors and seniors with her experiences in using the Macintosh personal computer to teach first year composition. Notes that computers alone cannot stimulate creativity.…
Descriptors: Creativity, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Teacher Role
Collins, Terence – 1989
This report brings together data from three cycles of replication and serves as a summary of the findings of the Learning Disabled College Writers Project at University of Minnesota-General College. From July 1985 through September 1988, teachers and researchers examined the impact of microcomputer word processing on the classroom performance of…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
Luesebrink, Marjorie; And Others – 1985
This first-year progress report considers the objectives and achievements of CompuEnglish, a project developed at Saddleback College's North Campus (California) to introduce word processing skills into traditional composition classes. Section I offers a summary report on progress as of 1985, reviewing the four phases of project implementation and…
Descriptors: College English, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Download full textThrush, Emily A.; Hardisty, David – 1989
Computer networking has made many new activities available to language learners. While these innovations are practical, they are also grounded in theory and justifiable on sound principles of language learning. Computers make possible classroom activities maximizing the benefit drawn from complex and otherwise unmanageable communicative…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
Pedersen, Elray L. – 1987
To determine how much electronic writing-analysis programs can offer college students and how valuable computerized text actually is, nine college student essays and nine professional essays were analyzed using text editors. The student essays (three each rated "superior,""average," and "failed") and the professional…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Educational Technology
Luesebrink, Marjorie; And Others – 1985
A summary is provided of the activities and outcomes of Irvine Valley College's (IVC's) CompuEnglish Project, a program designed to introduce word processing skills in Freshman Composition classes and assess improvements in student writing. First, introductory material describes efforts in computer-based composition undertaken at other schools,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College English, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
