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Markel, Mike – Computers and Composition, 1994
Examines relationships among computer experience, attitudes, writing behaviors, and writing quality for advanced undergraduate students who have owned Macintosh computers for at least three years. Finds that writing attitudes and practices are fairly well ingrained for the less competent writers, and they need to become comfortable with the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Word Processing
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Schwartz, Helen J.; Fitzpatrick, Christine Y.; Huot, Brian A. – Computers and Composition, 1994
Asks undergraduate students to respond to a series of questions by hand and using a word processor. Finds that some students felt profoundly disadvantaged writing by hand, and students who felt uncomfortable on the computer wrote longer and better developed responses in that medium. Suggests that a computer-assisted tutorial may act like L.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students