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Lerma-Noriega, Claudia-A.; Flores-Palacios, María-L.; Rebolledo-Méndez, Genaro – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2020
InContext is a custom-designed mobile application for writing assignments intended for university students in journalism and research methodology courses. In these disciplines, it has been observed that there is a need for an educational and technological tool to guide the writing of text using preloaded templates in which students can input text…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Computer Software, Learning Strategies, Educational Technology
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Wagoner, Kathleen P. – Office Systems Research Journal, 1983
Describes research on the psychological types of word/information processing students that seems to relate to the learning process and job satisfaction. Examines characteristics of the psychological or personality types and describes how the research results have been used in the courses and in planning future research. (CT)
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Learning Processes, Personality Traits, Psychological Characteristics
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Eklundh, Kerstin Severinson – Computers and Composition, 1994
Examines critically the claim that computers give rise to nonlinear writing. Presents a new computer-based research tool, "S-Notation," that can automatically trace a writer's revisions to a text in their natural order. Presents an ongoing study that applies this method to assess the effect of the writing task on the linearity of text production.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research Methodology, Research Tools, Word Processing
Jacobs, Ronald L.; Aron, Robert D. – 1987
As educators become more interested in the use of qualitative methods, a major concern is the management of the large amounts of textual data during analysis. The efficiency and possibly the effectiveness of manual systems, i.e., color-coded index cards and wall-mounted systems, are reduced as the amount of textual data increases. An emerging…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Software, Data Analysis, Educational Research
Haas, Christina; Hayes, John R. – 1986
A study was conducted to replicate partially John Gould's study using more advanced machines and editors, and to test several of Colette Daiute's hypotheses about writing with the computer. Gould's study indicated that expert writers using text editors required 50% more time to compose on text editors than on hard copy, and the extra time did not…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Microcomputers, Research Methodology
Monahan, Brian D. – Educational Technology, 1986
This study investigated whether computer science educational background makes secondary students more adept at using word processing capabilities, and compared computer science and non-computer science students' writing improvement with word processing use. Computer science students used more sophisticated program features but student writing did…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Science Education, Prior Learning, Questionnaires
Liggett, Sarah – 1982
Supporting the contention that using experimental research designs will facilitate sound decisions about how to teach the composing process, this paper first describes briefly the range of research methods available for investigating the writing process. Next the paper discusses the advantages of conducting experimental research, some of which are…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Research Design
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Case, Donald Owen – Library Quarterly, 1991
Describes a study of 20 American historians that was conducted to better understand the nature of research in history. Highlights include choice of research topics, use of archives, writing habits, use of computers, the classification of historical knowledge, implications for libraries, and suggestions for future studies. (43 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Abstracting, Archives, Classification, Historians
Jackson, Lorraine Morlock; And Others – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1985
This study explored the effectiveness of "high" user-friendly instructional text editors versus "low" user-friendly editors in teaching word processing to adult females. Whether subjects having higher positive attitudinal scores toward technology would perform better with computerized instructional materials as facilitators for…
Descriptors: Adults, Analysis of Variance, Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Mirenda, Pat; Turoldo, Kirsten; McAvoy, Constance – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2006
This study examined the impact of a word prediction software program, Co:Writer, on the written output of 24 students with physical disabilities that affected their ability to write by hand. Surveys were completed by both students who used Co:Writer and their teachers/adult supporters in schools, and 10-minute writing samples were obtained from…
Descriptors: Prediction, Educational Technology, Computer Software, Word Processing
McManus, Jack; And Others – 1985
Case studies are presented for seven Los Angeles area (California) high schools that worked with Pepperdine University in the IBM/ETS (International Business Machines/Educational Testing Service) Model Schools program, a project which provided training for selected secondary school teachers in the use of personal computers and selected software as…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software
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Wiberley, Stephen E., Jr.; Jones, William G. – College & Research Libraries, 1994
Reports on a longitudinal study of the adoption of technology by 11 humanists. The study corroborates the tendency of humanists to adopt technology more slowly and provides insight into why. The distinctiveness of the primary evidence used by humanists--i.e., the documents and artifacts created by others--is emphasized. (32 references) (KRN)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Electronic Mail, Humanities, Individual Differences
Redmann, Donna H., Ed. – 1995
This document contains 11 papers: "Integrated English/Keyboarding Instruction: Potential for Contextual Learning" (Baker, Anderson-Yates); "Incorporating Industry-Based Skill Standards into High School Secretarial and Administrative/Information Services Programs" (Bunn, Schmidt, Stewart); "The Effect of Two Different Interfaces for Database…
Descriptors: Business Education, Competence, Competency Based Education, Databases
Norback, Judith; And Others – 1990
The Job Literacy Project used the same adult literacy framework as the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) research and began the process of applying the framework to the world of work. The NAEP framework consisted of three scales: prose, document, and quantitative. The project tested a new methodology called Job Literacy Analysis,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Allied Health Occupations, Clerical Occupations