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Peer reviewedPufahl, John – College Composition and Communication, 1984
Discounts Collier's study of the effect of computer-based text editors on the quality of students' revision, arguing that editing is not an innate skill and that the computer predictably would not improve upon a process with which the students are not familiar. Collier replies that he excluded several methodological alternatives to reduce the…
Descriptors: Computers, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Revision (Written Composition)
Peer reviewedDaiute, Colette A. – College Composition and Communication, 1983
Discusses what computers (word processors) can do for the writer. Examines the physical and psychological constraints experienced by writers and explains how word processors can help in overcoming them. (FL)
Descriptors: Audiences, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers
Peer reviewedBean, John C. – College Composition and Communication, 1983
Describes an experiment at Montana State University in which 12 professors and four freshman composition students were trained to use the university's central computer as a word processor. Concludes that the computer can be a powerful revision aid for writing students. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Higher Education, Program Content
