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Peer reviewedReed, W. Michael; Giessler, Steven F. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1995
Discusses the relationship between prior computer experiences and the linear or nonlinear steps students choose when working with hypermedia environments and time spent on task (based on a study of graduate students). Experience with content-area software, word processing, databases, spreadsheets, programming, hypermedia, and authoring are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Databases, Flow Charts
Peer reviewedReed, W. Michael – Computers in Human Behavior, 1990
Describes a study of undergraduates at West Virginia University that was conducted to investigate the effects of computer-based instruction on writing performance and writing apprehension. Computer anxiety is measured, appropriate software is discussed, and the quality of pretreatment and posttreatment essays are compared with essays written…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Higher Education
Peer reviewedRusson, A. E.; And Others – Computers in Human Behavior, 1994
Describes a study that investigated how to teach computer skills to undergraduate female novice users through the design of an instructional manual that facilitated learning computer skills and increased computer self-efficacy by using familiar analogies. Treatment of the experimental and control groups is explained, and measurement techniques are…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Females
Peer reviewedDyck, Jennifer L.; Smither, Janan Al-Awar – Computers in Human Behavior, 1996
Describes a study that examined relationships between computer attitude, computer experience, gender, cognitive abilities, and the acquisition of word processing by older adults. Highlights include results from computer attitude questionnaires, spatial scanning, inductive and deductive reasoning as predictors of word processing knowledge, and the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Computer Anxiety, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes
Peer reviewedBonk, Curtis J.; Reynolds, Thomas H. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1992
Discussion of cognitive process research on writing focuses on a study of sixth, seventh, and eighth grade middle school students that tested a generative-evaluative model of composition. Treatments for experimental and control groups of ability-grouped students are described, and results are analyzed. (58 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction
Peer reviewedZvacek, Susan M. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1988
Describes a representative sample of recent research on the uses of microcomputer-based word processing in composition instruction. Topics discussed include revision strategies; collaborative writing; student attitudes and motivation; writing quality; implementation of word processing; problems; equity issues; and questions for future research.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Equal Education, Futures (of Society), Guidelines
