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Peer reviewedGreenland, Leonard T.; Bartholome, Lloyd W. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1987
The study compared achievement and attitudes of Utah State University students who experienced two different methods of teaching business communication. The experimental group used microcomputers equipped with word processing, spelling, and grammar packages. Results show no difference in students' writing ability or attitude toward writing as a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business Communication, Microcomputers, Postsecondary Education
Peer reviewedRiel, Margaret – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1989
Describes study of elementary students that was conducted to assess the impact of microcomputers on classroom organization, interaction between teachers and students, and student learning. Teacher characteristics and their influence on learning outcomes are discussed, and a study that used computers for a writing project is described. (nine…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction
Download full textOwston, Ronald D.; And Others – 1991
This study examined the impact of word processors on the writing of eighth grade students experienced in computer use. Four classes of students (n=111) were asked to write one expository paper on the computer and another paper on a similar theme by hand in a repeated measures research design that controlled for effects of order of writing (on or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Grade 8
Cross, John A.; Curey, Bob J. – 1984
The effect of microcomputer word processing on college students' writing was investigated with three sections of a required freshman English course at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Half of the subjects were randomly selected to use the university microcomputer in a laboratory setting to write eight essays, while the other half worked in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College English, College Students, Computer Oriented Programs
Rohde, Renate I. – 1991
The impact of word processing on students' attitudes and grades was studied using 235 students in 15 sections of freshmen composition at a large midwestern university. Students in the word-processing sections wrote and revised their papers on the Macintosh Plus using the software MacWrite. Students in the traditional sections used paper, pencils,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Morse, Ronald H. – 1991
The importance of using computers in a science education class is not limited to computer-assisted instruction (CAI). Computers may also be used as an educational strategy to improve overall learning and computer literacy in students. Research has shown an improvement in academic achievement in students using computers, as well as an increase in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Databases
Becker, Henry J. – 1990
This report reviews student usage of microcomputers in schools and the effects of microcomputer use on their academic achievement. Data was collected using: (1) a national survey from the 1989 international "CompEd" survey of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement; (2) a 1989 survey of teacher attitudes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Modianos, Doan; Hartman, Joel – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1990
Describes project at Bradley University that equipped freshman residence hall rooms with microcomputers. Highlights include student characteristics; academic performance; surveys of use of microcomputers; networking versus stand-alone uses; duration of computer use times and times of day of use; and sex differences in computer use. (Three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
Dalton, David W.; Watson, James F. – 1986
This study examined the effects of a year-long word processing program on learners' holistic writing skills. Based on results of a writing pretest, 80 seventh grade students were designated as relatively high or low in prior writing achievement and assigned to one of two groups: a word processing treatment and a conventional writing process…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Factor Analysis, Grade 7
