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Assessing the Impact of Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI) in Undergraduate Latin American Studies Courses.
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Child, Jack – Computers and the Humanities, 1998
Uses several approaches to assess the impact that using computer-assisted instruction (CAI) has on students in several undergraduate courses. Describes the various CAI materials, methodology of the assessment process, and the sets of data; analyzes the data; and discusses the results with emphasis on possible reasons for success or failure of CAI.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Initial Effects of Word Processing on Writing Quality and Writing Anxiety in Freshman Writers.
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Teichman, Milton; Poris, Marilyn – Computers and the Humanities, 1989
Reports a study of the initial effects of word processing on essay-writing performance and on writing apprehension. Concludes that college freshmen using word processing showed greater progress in writing performance from pre to post essay tests than did those using traditional methods, but they did not show significant difference in writing…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Expository Writing
Using Computer Technology to Teach and Evaluate Prewriting.
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Gillis, Philip D. – Computers and the Humanities, 1987
Reports on a research study to determine if computer-aided instruction could help stimulate prewriting composition. Compares three methods of prewriting instruction and argues that a systematic procedure may be taught as a means of improving writing production. Contends computer usage can enhance this procedure. (RKM)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Computers
Spectrographic Analysis and Patterns in Pronunciation.
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Molholt, Garry – Computers and the Humanities, 1990
Examines how sound spectrographs provide students learning a second language direct, visual feedback that is more useful than instructors' comments on articulation. Shows spectrographs of words pronounced by native and non-native English speakers. Argues this real-time acoustic analysis is less frustrating and more productive than traditional…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Applied Linguistics, College Second Language Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction
Integrating Word Processing Skills with Revision Skills.
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Kelly, Erna; Raleigh, Donna – Computers and the Humanities, 1990
Recommends that writing teachers integrate word processing and revision strategies when teaching how to diagnose and correct structural writing problems. Presents exercises employing these methods in a first-year English composition course. Stresses the computer's ability to help students evaluate their writing, encouraging eventual independent…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Discourse Analysis, Educational Research
Beyond Argumentation and Comparison/Contrast: Extending the Socrates CAI Design Principles to Classroom Teaching and the Interpretation and Production of Other Forms of Discourse.
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Bacig, Thomas D.; And Others – Computers and the Humanities, 1990
Examines relationships between critical thinking and writing. Compares a pencil-and-paper and computer-assisted versions of a process/model program to a traditional composition program. Reports experimental groups showed greater argumentative powers. Extends approach to poetry and technical writing. Suggests collaborative learning potential.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning
Radical Changes in Class Discussion Using Networked Computers.
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Bump, Jerome – Computers and the Humanities, 1990
University of Texas (Austin) freshman and senior English literature students and graduate humanities students tested a synchronous local area computer network's applicability for classroom discussion and collaborative exams and essays. Student responses to 50-70 research questions show advantages of computer-assisted classroom discussion (CACD)…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Software Evaluation