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Peer reviewedWhitaker, Elaine E. – Exercise Exchange, 1988
Describes a classroom activity in which a group of five students compose an essay together which meets the following academic objectives: (1) awareness of what constitutes a thesis; (2) understanding of evidence which can be used to support such a thesis; and (3) a conception of a conventionally developed five-paragraph essay. (RAE)
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Educational Technology, Essays, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHawisher, Gail E. – English Journal, 1989
Reviews research on the effect of computers on writing. Concludes that students will not automatically revise and write more successfully with a word processor, that students tend to submit papers with fewer mechanical errors using word processors, and that they enjoy writing more and may collaborate more. (RS)
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Computer Uses in Education, Revision (Written Composition), Secondary Education
