Patterns of Social Interaction and Learning to Write: Some Effects of Network Technologies.

Hartman, Karen; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ421151

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Patterns of Social Interaction and Learning to Write: Some Effects of Network Technologies.

Hartman, Karen; And Others

Written Communication, v8 n1 p79-113 Jan 1991

Examines the effects of computer network technologies on teacher-student and student-student interactions. Finds that teachers in networked sections interact more with their students than do teachers in regular sections and communicate more electronically with less able students than with more able students. Notes that less able students communicated more electronically with other students. (SR)

Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, College Students, Electronic Mail, Higher Education, Information Networks, Microcomputers, Peer Relationship, Process Approach (Writing), Teacher Student Relationship, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: Computers, Language, and Writing.