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Spaulding, Cheryl L.; Lake, Daniel – 1991
This study investigated the effects of having student writers use a set of networked computers to assist them in their writing lessons. Subjects were 15 students who were designated by their school district as remedial writers because they did not pass a writing competency test in their freshman year. For 10 weeks students participated in the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Collaborative Writing, Computer Networks, Cooperative Learning
Ollila, L.; And Others – 1993
A study investigated whether computers would enable students to develop individual working writing environments. The programs that the fourth-grade students used were Hypercard, Clip Art, and MacWrite. Students worked with each of the programs and talked about what they were thinking while using the computer. A constant flow of teachers, staff,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Networks, Creative Writing, Grade 4
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Robbins, Bruce; Fischer, Kris – Voices from the Middle, 1996
Describes a project in which students in a seventh-grade English class were paired with university students in an English methods class, sharing weekly writing and responses via a computer network. Discusses how the project enhanced the teaching and learning opportunities for both sets of students. (SR)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, English Teacher Education
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Braine, George – Computers and Composition, 1997
Compares English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) students in first-year English classes writing in two contexts: in a networked computer class and in a traditional lecture-style class. Shows that the networked setting promoted better writing and more peer and teacher feedback, and that the traditional setting promoted more improvement in writing. (RS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, English (Second Language)
Fey, Marion Harris – 1993
Part of a larger ethnographic study, this investigation focused on the literacy development of a college student as he participated in the virtual culture of a computer-networked writing classroom where all instruction and communication occurred through the computer. The student was a member of one of two classes of adult students, ranging in age…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Collaborative Writing, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail
Meyers, Laura F. – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1992
Describes a research project in which elementary students with learning disabilities participate in both individual and cooperative computer-enhanced writing sessions, using three types of topics: free choice, literature based, and fantasy based. Finds the computer-enhanced whole-language writing sessions more instructionally effective than the…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Computer Networks, Computers, Elementary Education
Willett-Smith, Stephanie – 1993
The motivational value of Virginia's Public Education Network (VA PEN), specifically the Thomas Jefferson On-line discussion group, is examined in this study. The instructional value of the network with respect to student motivation in fourth grade students of varied ability was gauged through observation of actual hands-on network experience,…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, Electronic Publishing, Elementary School Students
Burley, Hansel – 1994
A study was conducted in spring 1991, spring 1993, and summer 1993 to determine the effect on the writing process of various types of word processing software used by developmental and second-level composition students. Analyses were conducted of developmental students (novice writers) and of composition students (above novice writers) at a Texas…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis