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Peer reviewedMoulthrop, Stuart – Writing on the Edge, 1989
Compares hypertext to an encyclopedia of nonsequential writing or collection of writings through which the reader is free to move in any sequence. Discusses the advantages and problems involved in hypermedia systems. (NH)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, Hypermedia, Information Networks
Peer reviewedWinfield, Fairlee E.; Barnes-Felfeli, Paula – Modern Language Journal, 1982
Reports on research intended to determine whether easing the cognitive processing load by having writers deal with contextually familiar material improves fluency, grammaticality, and complexity of the writing. Overall results tend to indicate that writing does improve when the material is culturally familiar. (EKN)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Education, Language Processing, Language Research
Stice, Carole F.; Waddell, Jill – 1985
Research conducted since the early 1970s has provided important insights into how written language develops and how teachers can best foster that growth. One of these promotes the holistic approach to language instruction--to nurture the emergent speller is to nurture the emergent reader, writer, speaker, listener, and thinker. Another important…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Development, Decoding (Reading), Developmental Stages
