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Computers, Revision, and the Developmental Writer: A Case Study of On-Screen Versus Off-Screen Revision Processes.
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Walker, Cynthia L. – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1997
Presents results from a study of eight college freshman to determine differences between revising essays on-screen and on-paper. Eighty-one percent of on-screen changes were above the mechanical or word level, often related to meaning and content. Students working on-screen tended to add more information and recreate paragraphs, but sometimes…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education