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Peer reviewedGuthrie, Jim – Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 1993
Discusses how to use features in WordPerfect 5.1 to have technical writing students design a page of a manual. (SR)
Descriptors: Guides, Higher Education, Layout (Publications), Technical Writing
Peer reviewedPerrin, Robert – Computers and Composition, 1988
Examines 10 hardback college-level writing handbooks published in 1985 and 1986 by 9 major publishers. Finds that word processing has assumed a place in college writing but that authors and publishers have not found a substantial place for word processing in composition instruction. (RS)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Guides, Higher Education, Textbook Content
Download full textTroester, Rod – 1988
This study used the sense-making approach of message-q/ing to examine how individuals arrive at an understanding of new technology, in this case, word processing. Subjects were 10 computer naive undergraduate students learning to use word processing as part of a course requirement. Using the WordStar program manual, subjects employed the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Literacy, Content Analysis, Guides
Peer reviewedScott, Suzanne; Stoller, Fredricka L. – College ESL, 1996
Discusses problems associated with existing commercial word processing materials and shows the reasons why their use in second language (L2) instructional settings is inappropriate. Describes the processes and obstacles involved in creating a manual for use in formal computer lab L2 instructional settings or by students learning word processing…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Software, Concept Formation, Educational Objectives
Van Dusseldorp, Ralph; And Others – 1984
Intended to serve as a guide to the development of basic computer competencies for students in teacher preparation programs or as inservice training for teachers, this primarily self-instructional manual provides basic information, worksheets, computer programs, and hands-on learning activities for 16 proficiencies related to computer literacy.…
Descriptors: Competence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction
Bruce, Nigel J., Ed.; Crewe, William J., Ed. – Hongkong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1989
Papers on linguistics and language teaching in this volume are the following: "The Revision Process in Academic Writing: From Pen and Paper to Word Processor" (Stephen Chadwick, Nigel Bruce); "Sentence Sequence and Coherence: In Search of Readers' Problems in Academic Discourse" (Desmond Allison); "Plural Marking in Hong Kong English" (Carol…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Case Studies, Code Switching (Language), Coherence
