This report presents the findings from a 2-stage, multi-method study conducted in 2000 and 2001 on the editing skills and processes which students at two schools in New Zealand used when working with word processors and with pencils. The study's main aim was to examine the influence of the use of a word processor on students' editing processes and…

Children aged 6 to 14 years in 10 schools in southern England were interviewed to determine the criteria that children use to evaluate educational and other software. Data suggest that the children were mature and sophisticated in their judgments. Their evaluative criteria derived from the standards of mass consumer electronics (home computer…

This study sought to examine the group dynamics of children working and learning collaboratively on a computer-based instructional writing task. Standard 3 and 4 children at two urban primary schools in the Dunedin area of New Zealand were assigned the task of producing illustrated interactive stories using the "Twist-a-plot" program.…