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Heap, James L. – 1987
Based on an examination of the organizational features of editing during collaborative computer writing in a combined first and second grade classroom in a Catholic school during the 1985-86 school year, this paper argues that there is a fundamental difference between collaborative and solo computer writing, and that collaboration during computer…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Editing, Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics
Heap, James L.; Moore, Shawn – 1986
A study investigating collaborative computer use for writing at the primary level was conducted at a Catholic school in Toronto through videotaping and observation in a first grade classroom over a period of 3 weeks. It was found that the differentiation of tasks by the computer into two types of acts--inputting signs and arranging text--was…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Computer Assisted Instruction, Creative Writing, Foreign Countries
Heap, James L. – 1986
A study examined the behavior of first graders as they collaborated on a writing exercise using a word processor. Data were collected over three weeks in the form of fieldnotes and 13.5 hours of videotape of students working at the computer. Videotapes were examined to locate patterns of discourse and physical actions, and by abstracting from the…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries
