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Neuman, Susan B.; And Others – 1985
This report presents first year (1984-85) findings of The Writing Project, a 2-year school-based study of the use of word processing to improve learning disabled children's writing skills. Based in three Massachusetts school districts, the project focused in the first year on intensive observation of 14 fourth grade children as they wrote with…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities
Pea, Roy D.; Kurland, D. Midian – 1984
This paper synthesizes some of the many ideas and issues pertaining to research on the development of writing skills, and on creating new technologies for writing. Such technologies include computer-based production tools, videodiscs, and other mass storage technologies with potential for knowledge storing and structuring. The discussion also…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
Frederiksen, Carl H. – 1987
Noting that conceptions of the cognitive representations and processes involved in discourse comprehension and production recently have undergone an important shift in orientation, this paper points out the importance of the shift to the conception of the nature of texts, of text understanding, and of cognitive processes in knowledge creation and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Computer Oriented Programs, Discourse Analysis