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Peer reviewedOwston, Ronald D.; And Others – Computers in the Schools, 1991
Students in four eighth grade communications arts classes wrote two stories--one using a word processor and one written manually. Participants' attitudes toward writing and editing were assessed. Stories were graded for overall competence, organization, support of ideas, and mechanics; a subsample received detailed analysis. Word processed stories…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Editing, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
