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Initial Effects of Word Processing on Writing Quality and Writing Anxiety in Freshman Writers.

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Teichman, Milton; Poris, Marilyn – Computers and the Humanities, 1989

Reports a study of the initial effects of word processing on essay-writing performance and on writing apprehension. Concludes that college freshmen using word processing showed greater progress in writing performance from pre to post essay tests than did those using traditional methods, but they did not show significant difference in writing…

Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Expository Writing

Weighing the Evidence: Legal Discourse in the 19th-Century Spanish Feminist Concepcion Arenal.

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Irizarry, Estelle – Computers and the Humanities, 1995

Utilizes a computer program to search for legal terminology in Concepcion Arenal's 1861 treatise "The Woman of the Future." Arenal appropriated two different types of legal discourse in her work. Discusses the problems this presented for linguistic analyses. Includes fascinating details on Arenal and her work. (MJP)

Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Educational Change, Educational Technology