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Hawisher, Gail E. – 1988
In recent research on the computer there is an optimistic outlook, i.e., the promise of this new tool in fostering learning and literacy. But an examination of 33 studies (experimental, case, and ethnographic) also indicates deficiencies in computers and writing research. Two drawbacks seem to be the lack of rigor in both quantitative and…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Cultural Context, Elementary Secondary Education
