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Peer reviewedKerchner, Leanne B.; Kistinger, Barbara J. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1984
A preliminary classroom study is reported in which learning disabled intermediate students participated in a holistic approach that combined the process approach to writing with the word processing capabilities of the microcomputer. Results suggested that improved written language skills on the computer transfer to pencil-and-paper tasks. (CL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Holistic Approach, Intermediate Grades, Language Arts
Norris, Dolores J. – 1990
A writing program was developed and implemented, using available technology, to increase the quality and the quantity of written communication of three heterogeneously grouped classes of fifth graders. The students learned to use the word processor, Magic Slate II, for process writing assignments. A modem, Supra Modem 2400, and Proterm software…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, Grade 5
Miller-Souviney, Barbara; Souviney, Randall – 1987
Computers and networks have opened new opportunities for recognition experiences in schools. Students gain the potential for increased recognition through the exchange of their writing with students in other classrooms in their own school, in other parts of the country, or in other parts of the world. Reorganizing and editing text for publication…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Intermediate Grades
Bucci, Shelly M. – State of Reading, 1995
Describes a pilot project designed to foster quality literacy projects by fifth-grade students; establish a positive working relationship between fifth-grade teachers and the Chapter 1 reading teachers; and provide an enriching atmosphere for the use of computers. Notes that the project uses portfolios and a process model of writing. Notes staff…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Uses in Education, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
