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Peer reviewedMaki, Hanna S.; Vauras, Marja M. S.; Vainio, Seppo – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2002
A case study with two Finnish 10-year-old boys evaluated an intervention designed to promote the spelling skills of students with severe writing difficulties. The intervention comprised strategy instruction, procedural facilitation, and computer-assisted tutoring. Participants showed gains in spelling accuracy, spelling revision skills, decoding…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education
Download full textSimic, Marjorie – 1994
Two factors contributing to the change in writing instruction have been (1) the research investigating the way writing is taught and (2) the computer. Proponents of the various writing models endorse writing as an ongoing, multi-stage process, with equal emphasis given to each of the stages. Educational computing has undergone a change of focus…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education
Casey, Jean; Martin, Lella – Computing Teacher, 1994
Two articles describe the use of computer software to help elementary students develop literacy and writing skills: the first article evaluates "Writing to Read" software, comparing its use in classrooms and in computer labs with traditional instruction; the second article discusses using "Writing to Write" software with third graders. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Conventional Instruction, Courseware
Mott, Michael S.; Sumrall, William J.; Hodges, M. Lee – 1997
The purpose of this review of literature was to synthesize a wide range of both quantitative and qualitative studies of teacher implementation of computer-assisted writing curriculum methods. Studies on the effect of computer-assisted learning, the relationship of computers and children's writing, and assessment methods for traditional and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Dusewicz, Russell A.; Beyer, Francine S. – 1990
This study examined the effectiveness of the first year of a project designed to support the use of computers to improve the writing skills of middle level students. Subjects, 2,285 students from all of the 16 school districts in Delaware, engaged in daily writing activities on computers using the process approach to writing. One teacher from each…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Elementary Education, Instructional Innovation
Schaeffer, E. Marilyn – 1987
Intended as a guide for elementary school teachers who want to use the computer as a writing tool in their classrooms, this booklet offers an outline of practical information and techniques for introducing young children to computers in kindergarten through grade 6. The first chapter explains the process approach to writing and advocates computer…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Educational Technology
Mehan, Hugh, Ed.; Souviney, Randall, Ed. – 1984
The result of a year of research and development in the classroom, the language arts activities presented in this handbook are designed for use with microcomputers in elementary and junior high classrooms. The first chapter reviews the current uses of microcomputers in the classroom and identifies the problems associated with the prevailing…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Education
