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Bangert-Drowns, Robert L. – 1989
In response to critics' charges that use of the word processor may have a detrimental effect on writing, this study identified and analyzed 20 published studies that used experimental and control groups to compare conventional writing instruction (using handwriting) with instruction using the word processor. Five types of outcomes were analyzed:…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Effect Size, Instructional Effectiveness
Kurth, Ruth Justine – 1988
A study at a small southwestern suburban school examined specific process variables which occurred as children were taught composition skills using word processing, word processing with voice synthesis, and no word processing. Subjects were 45 second grade students, who were divided into three groups on the basis of scores on a reading…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 2, Interaction
Cross, John A.; Curey, Bob J. – 1984
The effect of microcomputer word processing on college students' writing was investigated with three sections of a required freshman English course at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Half of the subjects were randomly selected to use the university microcomputer in a laboratory setting to write eight essays, while the other half worked in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College English, College Students, Computer Oriented Programs
Hawisher, Gail E.; Fortune, Ron – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1989
Discussion of the role of computers in teaching basic writers to write focuses on a study of college students that examined the quality of student essays produced with word processing versus paper and pencil, described the kinds of thinking evidenced, and investigated whether any differences were gender related. (20 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Evaluation Criteria, Freshman Composition
Download full textDalton, David W.; Watson, James F. – 1986
This study examined the effects of a year-long word processing program on learners' holistic writing skills. Based on results of a writing pretest, 80 seventh grade students were designated as relatively high or low in prior writing achievement and assigned to one of two groups: a word processing treatment and a conventional writing process…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Factor Analysis, Grade 7
Allen, Gayle; Thompson, Ann – 1994
This study examined the effects of a computer-mediated networked learning environment on the writing of fifth grade students who used word processing to write four texts collaboratively during an 8-week period. A telecommunication network was utilized to allow the students in the experimental group to send their work via e-mail to an audience of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Cooperative Learning
