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Student Effort, Media Preference, and Writing Quality when Using Print and Electronic Resources in Expository Writing
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Schuh, Kathy L.; Farrell, Courtney A. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2006
The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of the Internet as a research tool on elementary students' quality of writing, their perceptions of effort expended, and their resource media preference in writing an expository paper. We gathered data from 56 upper-elementary students as they wrote expository papers using print resources,…
Descriptors: Research Tools, Printed Materials, Expository Writing, Internet