Discusses the potential and the limitations of intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) in the teaching of writing. Outlines the goals and significance of research, and analyzes the pedagogical assumptions underlying such research. Describes the architecture of these systems and illustrates instructional design issues by describing the ITS program,…

Suggests four overlapping areas of exploration that might help spark "creative re-formations" of the way English teachers think about computers and their relationship to writing: (1) computers and teaching writing, (2) computers and language theory, (3) computers and learning from the past, and (4) computer research in other fields. (GEA)

Thirteen articles that discuss use of computer assisted instruction (CAI) in humanities education specifically cover CAI use in philosophy, musicianship training, rhetoric, foreign language, English as a second language, and writing instruction; CAI authoring systems; videodisc technology; educational history; computer simulations; videodisc…